Dislike maths? Scientists say it can improve human health globally

Dislike maths?

Maths is a scary subject for many -- but for scientist at Universities of York in the US and Turin in Italy, advanced calculations can help improve human health globally

It serves a range of functions such as storage, catalysis and structural scaffolding or as enclosures for viral genomes. Using mathematics to predict the geometries of nanoparticles can help scientists to select those whose structures are the most advantageous for the design of new vaccines. ‘We have developed a mathematical approach that allows you to identify the surface structures of these nano particles that you cannot get from experimentation alone,’ said biophysicist Reidun Twarock from University of York in a paper published in the Biophysical Journal . (Read: Does your kid fear maths? Here’s what you should do)

Mathematics plays an important role here because it acts like a microscope and helps to give researchers insights they couldn’t get experimentally. ‘Understanding the geometric principles of the self-assembly to nanoparticles is essential for the successful design and development as vaccines,’ the authors noted. The constant need for vaccine development as new strains of disease evolve has generated a world market worth $56 billion a year. (Read: Skills in maths and reading shared by same genes)

Source: IANS

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