THE SCENARIO LIBRARY / 04
Different cells.
Different challenges.
A shared question, four approaches: how can a simulated strategy distinguish sick cells from healthy tissue?
Solid tumor
A cluster of cells has lost its stop signal and keeps dividing.
HYPOTHETICAL APPROACH
Targeted inhibitor against a growth receptor found mostly on the tumor cells.
Blood cancer
Abnormal white cells crowd out healthy ones in the marrow.
HYPOTHETICAL APPROACH
Engineered immune cells (CAR-T style) trained to find a surface marker.
Viral infection
A virus hijacks cells to copy itself and spreads to neighbours.
HYPOTHETICAL APPROACH
Antiviral that blocks the copy step, plus immune cells clearing infected cells.
Broad chemotherapy
Fast-dividing tumor cells spread through a tissue.
HYPOTHETICAL APPROACH
A drug that attacks any rapidly dividing cell — effective, but less selective.
All scenarios use simplified toy models. Selectivity values are model settings, not measured treatment outcomes.