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Area of Science:

  • Mathematical Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Systems Biology

Background:

  • Curative responses in cancer and infectious diseases face a critical low-cell-number bottleneck.
  • Stochastic fluctuations dominate disease dynamics at low cell counts, influencing outcomes like relapse or eradication.
  • Existing treatments often overlook the stochastic nature of disease resolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a hybrid stochastic-deterministic mathematical model for disease eradication.
  • To analyze the probability of ultimate eradication based on system state.
  • To explore biomedical applications of the proposed modeling approach.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a hybrid model treating infected cells stochastically and eradicating agents deterministically.
  • Derived coupled first-order differential equations to describe eradication probability.
  • Analyzed the dynamics during the critical low-numbers bottleneck phase.

Main Results:

  • The model captures the essential stochasticity of the low-numbers bottleneck.
  • Eradication probability is described as a function of the system's state.
  • The hybrid approach offers a more realistic framework for understanding treatment outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • A hybrid stochastic-deterministic model provides a robust framework for studying disease eradication.
  • Understanding the stochastic phase is crucial for predicting treatment success or failure.
  • This approach has potential applications in optimizing cancer and infectious disease therapies.