{
  "id": 8303675,
  "title": "How optimal control of cellular cost shapes population-level tumor growth dynamics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/how-optimal-control-of-cellular-cost-shapes-population-level-tumor",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.17.751892v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tumor progression is often modeled as a passive response to external therapy or immune pressure, but tumor populations may also exhibit population-level regulation of proliferation and apoptosis. We develop a continuous-time Markov decision framework in which a controlled birth--death process represents a tumor population modulating the balance between proliferation and susceptibility to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}