Patent Document ID: 9542641
Application ID: 13006901
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for determining vulnerabilities of a molecular network of a biological system, the method comprising: (a) converting the molecular network of the biological system to a plurality of nodes including at least one input node, at least one output node, and at least one intermediate node between said input and output nodes, wherein each said node is a representation of a molecular entity within said biological system; (b) identifying interactions between said nodes using relevant biological, physical or biochemical information; (c) transforming the interactions identified in step (b) into at least one mathematical equation; (d) assigning at least one fault model to said at least one mathematical equation; (e) assigning a numerical value to at least one of said node(s) wherein said value indicates the vulnerability level of at least one of said node(s) for at least one pathological condition, by computing the response of at least one intermediate or output node mentioned in step (a); (f) selecting at least one node having a computed vulnerability level according to step (e), as a target node and, (g) treating said pathological condition by using said determined target node for drug development.