A Membrane Computing View on Tumours

In this paper we discuss about the potential usefulness of P systems as natural tools for modelling tumours. This is done both from a macroscopic point of view, by considering the tumour as a growing mass of cells, as well as from a microscopic point of view, by studying molecular signalling pathways. In each of these approaches we work with appropriate variants

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