An interdisciplinary team of biochemists and computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has developed a specialized software to explain how some proteins can play different roles in a wide range of cellular processes. This software approach was previously seen as unable to reveal these hidden conversations within cells. This computer model uses 70 differential equations to predict how some chemicals can affect the behavior of a protein. It helped them to discover that cells are using signals to communicate, like a phone carries information about conversations. This computer model could lead to new treatments for cancer and other diseases that involve failures in cell communication. Read more.
Sources: Sherry Seethaler, University of California, San Diego, September 15, 2005; and various web sites
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