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Crowdsourcing HIV Research

Posted by timothy on from the work-backwards-to-zero dept.

biolgeek writes "In recent years, HIV has been managed with a collection of therapies. However, the virus will likely evolve around these drugs, making it crucially important to get a better understanding of the virus itself. An important step in understanding the virus is to get a handle on its genetic blueprint. William Dampier of Drexler University is taking a novel approach to this research by crowdsourcing his problem. He is hosting a bioinformatics competition, which requires contestants to find markers in the HIV sequence that predict a change in the severity of the infection (as measured by viral load). So far the best entry comes from Fontanelles, an HIV research group, which has been able to predict a change in viral load with 66% accuracy."

3 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow by Capt.DrumkenBum · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well you could get involved with:
    http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
    and donate some processor time to FightAIDS@Home

    Just a thought.

    --
    If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
  2. Re:Olde School HIV cure crowdsourcing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    We are being intensively studied. See www.zephyrfoundation.org .

  3. Its actually "Drexel University" by Judowill · · Score: 2, Informative

    A small typo, its actually "Drexel University" in the Philadelphia Area