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2026-01-19

The Geometry of Interaction: Proximity Graphs in Modern Network Biology

An expert-level exploration of how k-NN, RNG, and NSG frameworks transform topological 'hairballs' into precise geometric manifolds for drug discovery and spatial transcriptomics.

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