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09 Jul 2016 – Summer Plans for Outsmart Ebola Together |
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In this brief update, Dr. Erica Saphire talks about the continuing need for research on the Ebola virus, and the search for funding to help analyze the data generated so far by World Community Grid volunteers. |
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06 Jun 2016 – Help Fight Childhood Cancer Project Researchers Publish a Paper |
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The Help Fight Childhood Cancer project searched for a cure for a particular childhood cancer. The researchers have found that some of the promising compounds they identified also show an antidepressant capability. |
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19 May 2016 – Help an International Research Team Fight the Zika Virus |
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The Zika virus was relatively unknown until 2015, when it made headlines due its rapid spread and its link to severe brain-related deficiencies in newborns born to mothers who contracted the virus while pregnant. Dr. Carolina Horta Andrade, the principal investigator for the new OpenZika project, discusses how she and an international team of researchers are using World Community Grid to accelerate the search for an effective anti-Zika treatment. |
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21 Apr 2016 – Mapping Cancer Markers Now Examining Ovarian Cancer |
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The Mapping Cancer Markers project now includes markers for the most common form of ovarian cancer, with a goal to understand the how this disease progresses from early-stage to late-stage. |
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12 Apr 2016 – Uncovering Genome Mysteries Hopes to Shed Light on Zika and Other Viruses |
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Uncovering Genome Mysteries is analyzing protein sequences from Zika and related viruses in order to help scientists better understand them. Dr. Wim Degrave, who is deeply involved in Brazil's response to the Zika crisis, gave us this update to describe how these analyses fit into the larger work of Uncovering Genome Mysteries, and how the project could help scientists develop new tools to diagnose and treat Zika virus and similar diseases. |
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24 Mar 2016 – Researchers Partner with World Community Grid to Help Stop a Leading Killer |
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Tuberculosis is one of the world's most prevalent and deadly infectious diseases. Researchers from the University of Nottingham, UK, have partnered with World Community Grid to take a close look at the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, so that scientists can develop more effective treatments. |
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26 Feb 2016 – Musician, Science Buff, Volunteer |
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Meet Chris, a multi-talented volunteer from France, who explains why he joined World Community Grid. |
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15 Feb 2016 – FightAIDS@Home Researchers Test New Simulation Methods |
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The research team for Phase 2 of FightAIDS@Home is developing and testing new ways to use the vast computing power of World Community Grid. Their goal is to build on the results from Phase 1 while using volunteers' resources as efficiently as possible. |
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