- FightAIDS@Home
__NOTOC__ FightAIDS@Home ("Fight AIDS at home") is a
distributed computing project for internet-connected home computers, operated by the "Olson Laboratory" atThe Scripps Research Institute . It aims to use biomedical software simulation techniques to search for ways to cure or prevent the spread ofAIDS andHIV .It was originally implemented using a distributed computing software infrastructure provided by Entropia. However, since May 2003 FightAIDS@Home has not been associated with Entropia, [cite web
url=http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001822.html
title=Worthy Cause: Fight AIDS At Home Computer Project
publisher=FuturePundit
date=2003-12-01
accessdate=2007-08-08] and onNovember 21 ,2005 the project moved toWorld Community Grid and the Entropia software was abandoned. [cite web
url=http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/
title=FightAIDS@Home
publisher=The Scripps Research Institute
accessdate=2007-08-08]FightAIDS@Home makes use of the AutoDock UD agent software, which tests how well a particular molecule binds to the
HIV-1 protease . The minimum system requirements to run FightAIDS@home are: [cite web
url=http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/help/viewTopic.do?shortName=minimumreq
title=System Requirements
publisher=World Community Grid
work=Help
accessdate=2007-08-08]Scripps Research Institute published its first peer-reviewed scientific paper about the results of FightAIDS@Home on
April 21 ,2007 . [cite web
url=http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/jcisd8/2007/47/i03/html/ci700044s.html
title=Analysis of HIV Wild-Type and Mutant Structures via in Silico Docking against Diverse Ligand Libraries
work=J. Chem. Inf. Model
publisher=American Chemical Society
author=Chang, Max W.
coauthors=William Lindstrom, Arthur J. Olson, and Richard K. Belew
date=2007-04-21
accessdate=2007-07-30
doi=10.1021/ci700044s] This paper explains that the results up to that point will primarily be used to improve the efficiency of future FightAIDS@Home calculations. [cite web
url=http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/news/vol3.pdf
title=FightAIDS@Home News Volume 3
publisher=The Scripps Research Institute
date=2007-05-10
accessdate=2007-07-30]Publications
Citation
last = Chang
first = Max W.
author-link =
last2 = Lindstrom
first2 = William
author2-link =
last3 = Olson
first3 = Arthur J.
author3-link =
last4 = Belew
first4 = Richard K.
author4-link =
title = Analysis of HIV Wild-Type and Mutant Structures via in Silico Docking against Diverse Ligand Libraries
journal = J. Chem. Inf. Model.
volume = 47
issue = 3
pages = 1258 - 1262
date =
year = 2007
url = http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/jcisd8/2007/47/i03/pdf/ci700044s.pdf
doi = 10.1021/ci700044s
id =See also
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List of distributed computing projects References
External links
* [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewFaahResearch.do World Community Grid - Research - FightAIDS@Home]
* [http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/ FightAIDS@Home] at Scripps
* [http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/112105.html World Community Grid Targets AIDS in Giant Research Effort]
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