Math Functions Well In Eliminating Infectious Diseases, Preservation Of Human Life; Mathematicians Are Needed In Disease Control Areas

By Marnelle Joyce | Mar 10, 2017 | 12:43 PM EST

Students hated math many times than the other subjects. But two professors suggested that math could help in the ultimate comprehension of human bodies and other living things.

According to a report published by The Conversation, it was evidently explained how math functions well in epidemics. Healthcare workers, who are fully geared with personal protective equipment, are featured in a standard situation of disease control areas.

However, the perfect team that should be there are mathematicians because they produce the patterns in representing the spread of a certain disease. The predictions assist in the understanding of how an illness may be spread worldwide, and this is the application of math.

Mathematicians used a group of people and all the relevant details for calculating how an infection might influence a particular area. This is helpful especially when it comes to the designation of cures.

On the other hand, Phys reported that Dr. Indika Rajapalse and Dr. Stephen Smale worked on an important method. They are mathematicians from the University of Michigan Medical School and the University of California respectively.

The two worked and present a structure that would utilize math in understanding the genes and its interactions between cells. The framework was almost idealistic; therefore, they made it as a simple model, and that was based on math. The target of their work is to formulate grounds for scientists to grasp easily the modifications involve in the probability of creating live tissues.

In addition, the framework would be a vast contribution in relating to serious health problems such as cancer among others. This structure will be successfully done with the help of math. "Out approach adapts Turing's technique, wherein the combined genome dynamics within the cell and the diffusion dynamics between cells," Dr. Rajapakse said.

Conclusively, math models definitely play significant roles in evaluating communicable illnesses and how it can be treated. It's highly useful and a considerable contributor in saving human life.

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