IBM World Community Grid y un equipo global de científicos lanzaron un estudio para identificar fármacos candidatos para curar el zika, un virus de rápida propagación que la Organización Mundial de la Salud y por el cual ha declarado emergencia global de salud pública. Read more
Através del Proyecto OpenZika, World Community Grid correrá experimentos virtuales en compuestos que podrían formar la base de fármacos antivirales para curar el virus zika, el cual se ha relacionado con trastornos neurológicos graves. Cualquier persona puede participar del proyecto, ejecutando una aplicación en su computadora –con Windows, OS X, Linux– o dispositivo móvil Android. […]
The OpenZika project is an offshoot of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)’s World Community Grid, which boasts more than 750,000 individual members and over 470 institutions in about 80 countries. In the past, IBM’s World Community Grid has been used to combat other medical challenges such as researching treatment for malaria, tuberculosis and Ebola among […]
The OpenZika project is inviting anyone with a computer or Android device to run an app on their Windows, Mac or Linux devices that automatically performs virtual experiments for scientists whenever the machines are otherwise idle. Through the project, the World Community Grid will power virtual experiments on computers that could form the basis of […]
IBM’s World Community Grid has recently launched the #OpenZika project. The platform which encourages volunteers to turn their personal computers and Android mobile phones and tablets already has the support of roughly 750,000 people, as well as 470 institutions across 80 nations. In short, all you need to do is download an app and allow […]
IBM World Community Grid y un equipo global de científicos invitaron a cualquier persona con una computadora o un dispositivo Android, a participar en el Proyecto OpenZika, el cual identificará fármacos para la cura de este virus, considerado ya por la OMS como un problema de salud pública. Los participantes aclara IBM “no necesitan destinar […]
Grazie all’IBM World Community Grid, gli scienziati stanno lanciando uno studio internazionale per identificare i farmaci candidabili alla cura di Zika, un virus in rapida diffusione, che l’Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità ha dichiarato un’emergenza di salute pubblica a livello globale. Read more
Users can contribute to the OpenZika project led by the company in partnership with Brazilian universities by “donating” device computing power through an app. Read more
“Enlisting the help of World Community Grid volunteers will enable us to computationally evaluate over 20 million compounds in just the initial phase and potentially up to 90 million compounds in future phases,” said Carolina Horta Andrade, Ph.D., adjunct professor at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil and the lead researcher on the OpenZika […]
There are 279 pregnant women in the United States and in U.S. territories who have Zika, health officials announced on Friday. There are 157 women pregnant women with the virus in the continental United States and 122 infected pregnant women in U.S. territories. The new numbers are from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]
