With global warming comes an increased risk of diseases that are spread
by biting insects. For us in Australia there is a clear interest in
research into ways of treating such diseases. There is a project in
progress doing such research that needs access to vast computing power,
along the lines of the SETI project.
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/dddt/viewDddtMain.do
"The mission of Discovering Dengue Drugs – Together is to identify
promising drug leads to combat the related dengue, hepatitis C, West
Nile, and Yellow fever viruses. The extensive computing power of World
Community Grid will be used to complete the structure-based drug
discovery calculations required to identify these leads."
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