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6-017-OncolyticViruses-ModelingScenario

Author(s): Iordanka Panayotova1, Maila Brucal-Hallare2

1. Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA 23606 USA 2. Norfolk State University, Norfolk VA 23504 USA

Keywords: cancer cancer-immune dynamics immune suppressor drug oncolytic virus virotherapy

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Resource Image Students explore oncolytic virotherapy using systems of differential equations and numerical simulations.

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In this project, students explore oncolytic virotherapy using systems of differential equations and numerical simulations. The first activity guides the students in simulating the dynamics between the uninfected cancer cells x(t), the oncolytic virus-infected cancer cells y(t),  and the oncolytic viruses v(t); the model consists of three differential equations. The second activity builds upon the previous model and guides the students in exploring the dynamics between x(t),y(t),v(t), and the immune system cells z(t); the model consists of four differential equations. The numerical simulation uses a Python code administered via an internet-based environment called Glow Script.

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Author(s): Iordanka Panayotova1, Maila Brucal-Hallare2

1. Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA 23606 USA 2. Norfolk State University, Norfolk VA 23504 USA

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