Introduction

Janmey, Paul

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Paul Janmey⁹

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The idea that physical effects help determine biological structure and function has a long if often neglected history in cell biology and physiology. From the relations that define the effects of force on the dissociation rates of bonds at the molecular and cellular levels, to the methods developed by physicists and applied mathematicians to analyze complex systems and understand emergent properties, the evidence that physical effects are important, quantifiable, and controllable in biology and medicine is compelling. Application of physical methods to cancer biology research is now underway in many labs throughout the world. This volume illustrates how such interdisciplinary research might lead to clinical applications that would not arise from traditional genetic and biochemical studies of cancer biology.

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Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Paul Janmey
Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Daniel Fletcher
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, JH Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sharon Gerecht
Human Oncology & Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
Ross Levine
Cancer Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
Parag Mallick
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Owen McCarty
Radiation Oncology Edwin L. Steele Lab for Tumor Biology, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell Univesity, Ithaca, New York, USA
Cynthia Reinhart-King

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Janmey, P. (2016). Introduction. In: Janmey, P., et al. Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology. Science Policy Reports. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17930-8_1

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