The invisible man.

The article reports on an innovation in drug testing in which British researchers used computer models of the human body to study the workings of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, used in AIDS treatment. Peter Coveney led the team that made use of supercomputer networks, including the Virtual Physi...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 386; no. 8565; p. 91
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 2/2/2008
Materias:	Clinical drug trials Human physiology Protease inhibitors Computer simulation Model-integrated computing Medical research Computer network resources
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Sumario:	The article reports on an innovation in drug testing in which British researchers used computer models of the human body to study the workings of the protease inhibitor saquinavir, used in AIDS treatment. Peter Coveney led the team that made use of supercomputer networks, including the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), for the study.