Math can help uncover cancer's secrets

Watch and share today’s TED Talk. View it in your browser.

April 3, 2018 Today's TED Talk Math can help uncover cancer's secrets 07:39 minutes · TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Irina Kareva translates biology into mathematics and vice versa. She writes mathematical models that describe the dynamics of cancer, with the goal of developing new drugs that target tumors. "The power and beauty of mathematical modeling lies in the fact that it makes you formalize, in a very rigorous way, what we think we know," Kareva says. "It can help guide us to where we should keep looking, and where there may be a dead end." It all comes down to asking the right question and translating it to the right equation, and back. Watch now »   Playlist of the Day Math talks to blow your mind Numbers, patterns and equations are at the core of these talks, which will teach you how to fold better origami and how to quantify history. Watch » 10 talks · Total run time 2:21:58 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM How to be more hopeful Eight TED speakers show you how to nudge your mind toward the sunny side. Read more »   Download the TED app

You are receiving this email because you've subscribed to our mailing list. You might also like our weekly emails, compiling all the week’s TED Talks in one handy mailing. Copyright © 2018 TED, All rights reserved. You're receiving the TED Talks daily email because you subscribed to it on TED.com. (Was this forwarded by a friend? You can sign up here: http://www.ted.com/newsletter ) Our mailing address is: TED 330 Hudson Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10013 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list   update subscription preferences   view email in browser