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Applications of mathematics in clinical setting

What are some examples of successful mathematical attempts in clinical setting, specifically at the patient-disease-drug level? To clarify, by patient-disease-drug level, I mean the mathematical work ...
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Algebra and cancer research

Let me start by acknowledging the existence of this thread: Mathematics and cancer research It is well-known that mathematical modeling and computational biology are effective tools in cancer research....
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Applications of algebraic geometry/commutative algebra to biology/pharmacology

Are there applications of algebraic geometry/commutative algebra to biology/pharmacology? It might be that some Gröbner basis technique is used somewhere? I know there are some applications to ...
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Applications of knot theory to biology/pharmacology

What are the applications of knot theory to biology/pharmacology? I guess there should be some, since proteins are quite long and some of their properties are probably related to whether they are ...
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Applications of group theory to mathematical biology (pharmacology)

Are there applications of group theory — broadly, say, representation theory, Lie algebras, $q$-groups, etc — to mathematical biology? In particular, I am interested in applications to pharmacology — ...
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Mathematics and cancer research

What are applications of mathematics in cancer research? Unfortunately, I heard quite little about applications of mathematics, but I heard something about applications of physics, and let me put this ...