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Paradox resolved: The allometric scaling of cancer risk across species
Christopher P. Kempes, Geoffrey B. West, John W. Pepper
Understanding the cross-species behavior of cancer is important for uncovering fundamental mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and for translating results of model systems between specie…
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Towards a Quantitative, Metabolic Theory for Mammalian Sleep
Van M. Savage, Geoffrey B. West
Sleep is one of the most noticeable and widespread phenomena occurring in multicellular animals. Nevertheless, no consensus for a theory of its origins has emerged. In particular,…