How To Better Identify Cancerous Cells By Their Abnormal Properties
Keith Jones
Mobile County
Abstract
How are different types of cells classified by
their properties and if in changing these properties,
can one identify cancerous cells? I hope that my
project provides information on how to better identify
cancerous cells by abnormal qualities.
I attempted to solve my problem by using an
equation in STELLA form, which I later converted into a
JavaScript model. By experimenting with the initial
conditions in the JavaScript model, I confirmed that the
smallest change in these initial conditions would affect
the entire cell. I set my original initial conditions
(listed in my paper) as the properties of a normal cell.
When I changed the original initial conditions, the
properties of the cell (including: cell surface area,
cell volume, and time of growth) changed. This
simulation may have been how to identify an abnormal
propertied cancer cell.