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09 Feb 2015 – Making progress against two of the world’s deadliest diseases |
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The GO Fight Against Malaria team has just published a paper in which they describe an unexpected benefit of their research: they’ve identified two compounds that could advance the future development of new drugs to treat tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis. These results open up a new front in the fight against tuberculosis, which is constantly evolving to resist existing treatments. |
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12 Nov 2014 – A new lead in the fight against dengue fever |
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The Discovering Dengue Drugs research team has published a paper describing a new drug candidate that was discovered with the help of World Community Grid volunteers. This drug candidate has no known adverse risks, and seems to be an attractive candidate for preclinical studies. A new antiviral treatment would be hugely beneficial for the roughly half of the world’s population that is at risk of contracting dengue or other related viruses such as hepatitis C, yellow fever and West Nile. |
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24 Jun 2014 – Better tools for AIDS drug research |
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The Scripps research team published a paper proving the effectiveness of a method to more accurately predict bindings between protein targets and drug candidates, which could benefit FightAIDS@Home and other World Community Grid drug discovery projects. |
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20 Feb 2014 – Breakthrough in the fight against childhood cancer |
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The research team behind the Help Fight Childhood Cancer project has just published a groundbreaking paper. It reveals seven promising drug candidates - identified with the help of World Community Grid members – for neuroblastoma, one of the most common and dangerous forms of childhood cancer. |
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20 Feb 2014 – New hope in the fight against childhood cancer |
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Blog post announcing a breakthrough in the search for a new treatment for neuroblastoma, written by Dr. Akira Nakagawara, principal investigator for Help Fight Childhood Cancer |
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