Mathematical Prediction Of On-off Switches In Cell Division Proven
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has experimentally verified the predictions of a mathematical model

The Numbers Behind The Kidney
While the other Duke students stuck to theorems and proofs, Layton turned his attention to something more ordinary: urine.

'Most Recent Common Ancestor' Of All Living Humans Surprisingly Recent
In this week's issue of Nature, a Yale mathematician presents models showing that the most recent person who was a direct ancestor of all humans currently alive may have lived just a few thousand years ago.

Mathematical Tools For Predicting Facial Surgery Results
Cranio-maxillofacial surgery is a medical specialty focusing on facial and skull reconstruction.

Mathematical Models Reveal 'Molten' And 'Glassy' States Of RNA
Mathematical models have given physicists a new look at DNA's chemical counterpart, RNA.

Math Unites The Celestial And The Atomic
In recent years,researchers have developed astonishing new insights into a hidden unitybetween the motion of objects in space and that of the smallestparticles.

Polluted Ground Water Poured Into A Model
Dutch researcher Phil Ham has developed mathematical models to calculate the natural degradation capacity of polluted groundwater.

Researchers Develop Model To Help Control West Nile Outbreak
A University of Alberta researcher has developed the first model to predict risk of West Nile virus in North America--a tool that could help prevent the infectious disease from becoming an outbreak.

Mathematics Provides Answer To Airport Security Puzzle
High flyers will enjoy faster and safer travel in the future, thanks to mathematicians at The University of Manchester and airport security specialists Rapiscan Systems.

The future of the HIV pandemic
Mathematical models are shown to be useful for making qualitative predictions about the relative importance of different behaviours for the spread of HIV over time and for interpreting observed trends in HIV prevalence from sentinel surveillance sites.

A mathematical model for the burden of diabetes and its complications
In this paper, a mathematical model was proposed to deal with the dynamics of a population of diabetes.

The Role of Mathematical Modeling in Evidence-based Malaria Control
The article emphasized that for a successful malaria control it is critically important to describe what models can and cannot do.

Understanding biological complexity: lessons from the past
The information flow is so great, however, that using intuition alone to draw connections is unrealistic. Thus, the need to integrate mathematical biology with experimental biology is greater than ever.

Extending knowledge of Escherichia coli metabolism by modeling and experiment
A minireview of studies that used mathematical modeling and a combination of gene expression and protein levels to predict new gene functions and metabolic behaviors on Escherichia coli...

Molecular biology of breast metastasis: The use of mathematical models to determine relapse and to predict response to chemotherapy in breast cancer
The article discusses several models, with a focus on how they have been used to predict the initiation time of metastatic growth, the effect of operative therapy on the growth of metastases, and the optimal administration strategy for chemotherapy.

What Are The Chances? Mathematician Solves Evolutionary Mystery
For the last two years, a mathematics professor in MTU has been working on a mathematical solution to a challenging biological puzzle: Why is the typical evolutionary tree so lopsided?

New Mathematical Algorithms Might Help Diagnose Cancer
Dartmouth researchers have developed an algorithm that might someday be used to analyze blood for diagnostic purposes.

Predicting Risk of Mosquito-Borne Disease in Variable Environments
Using a mathematical modeling approach, scientists found that the rate humans are bitten and the proportion of infectious mosquitoes peak at different times and places.

Using Statistics to Decipher Secrets of Natural Mutation
A new mathematical approach for analyzing the complex, subtle patterns of natural mutation in DNA is likely to help biologists understand how mutation contributes to evolutionary change in mammals.

UA Mathematicians Predict Patterns in Fingerprints, Cacti
Patterns in nature can be seen every day, yet in many cases, little is understood about how and why they form. Now, mathematicians found a way to predict natural patterns.