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Universal principles of cell population growth follow from local contact inhibition

GJGregory J. KimmelSMSadegh MarzbanMDMehdi DamaghiATArne TraulsenARAlexander R.A. Anderson

Moffitt Cancer Center · Stony Brook Medicine · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Cancer cell population growth. Thus, our framework offers a possible explanation for many mean-field laws used to empirically capture seemingly unrelated cancer or microbial growth dynamics. Our results highlight that the interplay between contact inhibition and other assumptions (e.g., well-mixed) can influence our quantitative understanding of how cancer cells grow and, in turn, how they may interact.

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Keywords
  • Population growth
  • Natural resource economics
  • Economics
  • Population
  • Economic geography
  • Sociology
  • Demography
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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