Virtual human in HIV drug simulation

Biotechnology - 2008

Virtual human in HIV drug simulation

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The combined supercomputing power of the UK and US ‘national grids’ has enabled UCL (University College London) scientists to simulate the efficacy of an HIV drug in blocking a key protein used by the lethal virus. The method – an early example of the Virtual Physiological Human in action – could one day be used to tailor personal drug treatments, for example for HIV patients developing resistance to their drugs.

Type: Discovery | Also: Health & Medicine, Metaverse |

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