3 papers
q-bio.PE2023
Resistance Management for Cancer: Lessons from Farmers
Sareh Seyedi, Valerie K. Harris, Stefania E. Kapsetaki +14
One of the main reasons we have not been able to cure cancers is that drugs select for drug-resistant cancer cells. Pest managers face similar challenges with pesticides selecting…
q-bio.PE2022
A Missing Hallmark of Cancer: Dysregulation of Differentiation
Zachary Compton, Kathleen Hanlon, Carolyn C. Compton +2
Cancer cells possess a nearly universal set of characteristics termed the hallmarks of cancer, including replicative immortality and resisting cell death. Dysregulated differentiat…
cs.CY2021
Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems
Edward Schrom, Ann Kinzig, Stephanie Forrest +18
We explore the commonalities between methods for assuring the security of computer systems (cybersecurity) and the mechanisms that have evolved through natural selection to protect…