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Network medicine
Network medicine
is the application of
network science
towards identifying, preventing, and treating
diseases
. This field focuses on using
network topology
and
network dynamics
towards identifying diseases and developing medical drugs.
Biological networks
, such as
protein-protein interactions
and
metabolic pathways
, are utilized by network medicine.
Disease networks
, which map relationships between diseases and biological factors, also play an important role in the field.
Epidemiology
is extensively studied using network science as well;
social networks
and
transportation networks
are used to model the spreading of disease across populations.
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