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Giant grid to take on cancer research.

Reports that Oxford University in England and IBM Corp. have launched a joint initiative to tackle heart disease and cancer. Building of a giant computing grid to enable researchers to model highly complex biological systems; Use of advanced computer simulation to help scientist understand the dise...

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Publicado en:Times Higher Education Supplement no. 1625; p. 7
Autor principal: Sanders, Claire
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: TSL Education Limited 1/30/2004
Materias:
Cancer research
Heart diseases
University of Oxford
International Business Machines Corp.
Oxford (England)
England
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:Reports that Oxford University in England and IBM Corp. have launched a joint initiative to tackle heart disease and cancer. Building of a giant computing grid to enable researchers to model highly complex biological systems; Use of advanced computer simulation to help scientist understand the diseases; Shared and secure access to distributed computing resources provided by technology for e-science, a system called the grid.