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03 Nov 2014 – Decade of discovery: New precision tools to diagnose and treat cancer |
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It's week four of our 10th anniversary celebrations, and we're following up last week's childhood cancer feature by spotlighting another cancer project that's helped researchers develop powerful new tools to diagnose cancer and tailor treatments to individual patients, using big data and analytics. |
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28 Oct 2014 – Decade of discovery: achieving a breakthrough in childhood cancer |
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To mark week three of our decade of discovery celebrations, we’re focusing our efforts on childhood cancer research. Through the Help Fight Childhood Cancer project, World Community Grid volunteers powered the screening of over three million drug candidates for neuroblastoma – a common and dangerous form of childhood cancer. Through this screening, researchers identified seven drug candidates that showed great potential for drug development – a breakthrough that could save many young lives. |
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27 Oct 2014 – Early-stage results from the Mapping Cancer Markers team |
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Thanks to your help, the Mapping Cancer Markers team is nearly finished with benchmarking their first set of genetic markers. In this update, the team presents an in-depth review of what they've accomplished thus far, and what significance this early work will have for cancer research at their lab and elsewhere. |
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23 Oct 2014 – A productive summer for the Clean Energy Project |
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The Clean Energy Project team has an end-of-summer update for all the World Community Grid volunteers. Several changes to the database and work units were put in place over the summer. The team sends a big thank-you to the volunteers who make this work possible, as well as to the lab’s summer students and the departing CEP web developer. |
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22 Oct 2014 – Decade of discovery: doubling carbon-based solar cell efficiency |
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To mark our 10th anniversary, we’re looking at key scientific discoveries of the last decade. This week, we’re driving the search for organic solar cells through The Clean Energy Project in partnership with Harvard University. So far, we’ve helped researchers identify over 35,000 compounds with the potential to double carbon-based solar cell efficiency. With your help, we can explore thousands more. |
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16 Oct 2014 – Project Launch: Uncovering Genome Mysteries |
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To kick off World Community Grid's 10th anniversary celebrations, we're launching Uncovering Genome Mysteries to compare hundreds of millions of genes from many organisms that have never been studied before, helping scientists unearth some of the hidden superpowers of the natural world. |
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