A Tuesday full of science: mathematics and biomarkers of response to psoriatic disease treatment
Today we have had two activities, the researcher Miguel Rodríguez Barranco, co-investigator responsible for the group A17-Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Cancer has given a keynote talk to the 5th and 6th grade students of the Our Lady of Consolation School, titled “Detective Mathematics! Uncovering the mysteries of diseases by interrogating the numbers. In this talk, he explained how statistical data analysis techniques are essential to identify the factors that cause diseases, thus helping to develop new treatments or preventive measures to combat them. How mathematics becomes tools to understand and improve the health of the population, bringing the abstract world of numbers closer to real life.
On the other hand, Cristina Membrive, group researcher TEC02-Hospital Pharmacotherapeutic Follow-up, has given the talk “Biomarkers Predictors of Response to Treatment with Biological Therapies in Patients Diagnosed with Psoriatic Disease” in two shifts to 4th year ESO students and 1st year Baccalaureate Anatomy students at the IES Jiménez de Quesada of Santa Fe. In this talk the researcher explained to the students how single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can be possible predictive biomarkers of response to biological therapies used in patients diagnosed with psoriasis. The usefulness of these biomarkers is essential for an ideal choice of treatment for each patient, controlling the pathology, improving quality of life and reducing healthcare costs.