Crowdsourcing HIV Research 52
biolgeek writes "In recent years, HIV has been managed with a collection of therapies. However, the virus will likely evolve around these drugs, making it crucially important to get a better understanding of the virus itself. An important step in understanding the virus is to get a handle on its genetic blueprint. William Dampier of Drexler University is taking a novel approach to this research by crowdsourcing his problem. He is hosting a bioinformatics competition, which requires contestants to find markers in the HIV sequence that predict a change in the severity of the infection (as measured by viral load). So far the best entry comes from Fontanelles, an HIV research group, which has been able to predict a change in viral load with 66% accuracy."
Re:Wow (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ [worldcommunitygrid.org]
and donate some processor time to FightAIDS@Home
Just a thought.
Re:Olde School HIV cure crowdsourcing... (Score:3, Informative)
We are being intensively studied. See www.zephyrfoundation.org .
Its actually "Drexel University" (Score:2, Informative)