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Turns out that accident-prone rectangle (i.e. smartphone) you rely on to update all your virtual friends is actually a pretty powerful computing device. IBM, which operates a corporate HQ here in Armonk, have announced they’re hoping to harness the power of your Android phone, tablet, or PC to run virtual experiments on potential compounds that may treat the Zika virus, which is of increasing concern as warm weather approaches. The initiative is part of the  OpenZika Project, a global and collaborative effort to discover an anti-Zika drug being powered by IBM’s World Community Grid, which aspires, in the company’s words, to be the “largest public computing grid benefiting humanity.”

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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. La aplicación realiza experimentos virtuales mientras los dispositivos están en modo inactivo.

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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 antiviral drugs to cure Zika virus. The process dramatically increases production speeds compared to a normal laboratory setting while screening compounds from existing molecule databases against models of Zika protein and crystal structures.

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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 researchers to (quietly) run calculations on your devices.

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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.

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