Biochemical Reaction Networks and Blood Clotting
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چکیده
Following an injury to the walls of a blood vessel, platelet aggregation and blood coagulation are induced. Through a series of enzymatic and biochemical interactions, a blood clot is formed. Using ordinary differential equations with mass action and Michaelis-Menton kinetics to describe these interactions and computer programs like Fortran and Matlab, we are able to model blood clot formation and maintenance, both spatially-dependent biochemical reaction networks.
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