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"PCs enlisted in AIDS research"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(29/11/05)
LOS ANGELES: A new project in the fight against AIDS will tap into the
unused power of individual and business computers to help research and
identify drugs used to combat the HIV virus.
An Internet-based initiative, called FightAIDSatHome, aims to enlist about
100,000 computer users to donate the use of their machines when they would
otherwise be idle.
Participants' machines can request data from a central server, process it
and send back the results.
The organisers hope to develop new chemical strategies to treat HIV-infected
individuals, according to the San-Diego based Scripps Research Institute,
which is behind the effort.
By being able to tap into a vast reservoir of computer processing power,
researchers will be able to approach problems more aggressively and quickly,
Scripps said.
It is the second research project using the network of computers, called the
World Community grid, which is funded by IBM. --— Reuters
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