One step closer to identifying lung cancer biomarkers

One step closer to identifying lung cancer biomarkers

After a long first stage of exploratory analysis, Mapping Cancer Markers (MCM) began a new, more targeted stage of lung cancer analysis in April 2015. Processing results from the first stage revealed a subset of approximately 1% of the biomarkers that frequently occur in high-scoring signatures. The second stage of the MCM lung cancer study will focus on signatures drawn from this subset of biomarkers.

Charlies Web @ WCG

Statistics By Project 8/8/15

Statistics By Project

Statistics Last Updated: 8/8/15 00:06:02 (UTC)

Project	Points	Unlts	Run Time (y:d:h:m:s)	Badges Earned
Outsmart Ebola Together	24,925	90	0:010:17:50:55
Uncovering Genome Mysteries	11,941	15	0:004:03:31:13
Mapping Cancer Markers	209,112	250	0:097:07:11:58
The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2	22,955	19	0:011:20:52:38
FightAIDS@Home	87,441	374	0:061:23:13:27
Beta Testing	338	1	0:000:07:57:09
Say No to Schistosoma	726	1	0:001:07:42:59
GO Fight Against Malaria	1,393	2	0:002:15:56:50
Drug Search for Leishmaniasis	651	1	0:001:12:37:29
Computing for Clean Water	283	1	0:000:04:19:21
Help Cure Muscular Dystrophy-Phase 2	7,687	22	0:005:16:38:38
Help Fight Childhood Cancer	29,925	31	0:023:22:14:20
Nutritious Rice for the World	10,821	33	0:010:06:27:03
Help Conquer Cancer	49,982	128	0:041:10:13:02
Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together	2,027	6	0:002:02:11:57
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2	21,202	29	0:021:09:51:08

Open science: sharing our clean water breakthrough data with all scientists

By: Dr. Francois Grey
CNMM, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and Citizen Cyberscience Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
5 Aug 2015

Summary The Computing for Clean Water team is pleased to announce that the breakthrough paper we published online last month on the use of nanotechnology for more efficient water filtration will be available in the August print edition of Nature Nanotechnology. With our results published, we're now making the underlying data available to other interested scientists and discussing the attention our work has gotten, both from international experts in the field and from the world media.

It's been a month since Nature Nanotechnology published our Computing for Clean Water paper online, detailing how water flow through carbon nanotubes can be dramatically accelerated, potentially improving access to clean water for millions of people. This week, the print edition of the journal will be published, so it's a good moment to make sure that we're sharing the benefits of our research with the wider scientific community. Today, we want to announce that we're fulfilling a commitment to open data, and we also want to share with you some of the responses our work has already gotten.
More...Open science: sharing our clean water breakthrough data with all scientists

Outsmart Ebola Together - Join us?

Amidst the cases of the Ebola virus entering the United States, the question has been raised as to why there has not been any research or fund-raising towards fighting this disease; among the many possible answers to this question, perhaps the most disturbing has been that the Ebola virus primarily affected a third-world country.

As disturbing as the answer may be, it is in all likelihood the most truthful.

Shortly after contemplating posting this, I discover that World Community Grid now is sponsoring/offering work to combat Ebola.
https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/oet1/details.do

Outsmart Ebola Together Ebola is a deadly virus that kills up to 90% of infected victims. Use your computer or Android device to help scientists find the most promising drug leads to fight the Ebola virus!   begun Dec 2014     Learn More

If you decide to join the cause, I would appreciate it if you give me credit for recruitment, by first following this link: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?recruiterId=450293 .
Joining Charlies Web team is not a requirement. I am available to help you get started if needed. Message me.

Active Research On World Community Grid

Statistics By Project

Statistics Last Updated: 11/29/14 12:06:02 (UTC)

Project	Points Generated	Results Returned	Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s)	Badges Earned
Active Research
Uncovering Genome Mysteries expects to examine close to 200 million genes from a wide variety of life forms, such as seaweeds from Australian coastlines and  found in Amazon river samples. Begun Oct 2014 Learn More	3,393	3	0:001:01:32:23
The scale of the task is staggering. It is only feasible thanks to the massive computational power of World Community Grid. While sequences from all forms of life will be processed, microorganisms will receive a special focus. Learn More. Copyright IBM Corporation2014.  All Rights Reserved.
Mapping Cancer Markers aims to identify chemical markers associated with various types of cancer. This will help researchers detect cancer earlier and design more personalized cancer care by determining an individual's susceptibility to developing a specific form of cancer, and may also predict the progression of the disease, helping to suggest the best treatment for a given individual. Begun Nov 2013      Learn More	41,067	56	0:020:11:24:08	Bronze Badge
The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2 The mission of The CEP is to find new materials for the next generation of solar cells and later, energy storage devices. By harnessing the immense power of World Community Grid, researchers can calculate the electronic properties of tens of thousands of organic materials. Begun Jun 2010       Learn More	10,450	10	0:005:14:49:20
FightAIDS@Home is the first World Community Grid project to run on Android smartphones and tablets. With the launch of the BOINC for Android app in July 2013, volunteer computing took a leap forward, starting with this project. Volunteers can now accelerate this critical research with their mobile devices.  Learn more or start contributing now. It is a project focused on using computation methods to identify candidate drugs that have the right shape and chemical characteristics to block HIV protease. This approach is called "Structure-Based Drug Design", and according to the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences, it has already had a dramatic effect on the lives of people living with AIDS. Begun Nov 2005       Learn More	36,124	72	0:032:04:31:27	Bronze Badge
Beta Testing (ongoing)	338	1	0:000:07:57:09

It has been too long since I've been active on-line. I hope to change that within the next few months.

Happy Thanksgiving and a future Happy Holidays to you and yours this coming holiday season. Many, many thanks to those that persevered and continued to contribute to our F@H team.

The Charlies Web forums disappeared sometime over the last six months as I was not available to update the software for the forums. For this, I apologize. I hope to rebuild a forum within the coming year.

In the meanwhile... I have a special favor to ask of my friends and family.

Our World Community Grid team over in B.O.I.N.C. has this posted on my stats page:

Get 1 more volunteers to join World Community Grid to earn a Bronze Badge for Recruitment

Spread the word! Ask your friends and family to join World Community Grid using the link below, and you'll be recognized for introducing them:

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/viewRegister.do?recruiterId=450293

Shortly, I'll post more about the work WCG is doing and has done.

Thanks so much,
Charles

Nutritious Rice for the World project (WCG) finished on April 6, 2010

World Community Grid is pleased to announce that as a result of the generous contribution of computing power from our members, the Nutritious Rice for the World project finished on April 6, 2010.

The project was launched on May 12, 2008. While it was active, World Community Grid members processed over 29 million results which required nearly 26,000 years of computing power. This work would have taken about 200 years of time using the computing resources available to the researchers at the University of Washington. Using World Community Grid, this research was completed in less than two years.

News Article
Charlies Web totals:
Nutritious Rice for the World, 10,821 Points, 33 Results, 010D:06H:27M:03S Runtime

The power of sharing

Earlier this month, IBM and the Scripps Research Institute announced a major breakthrough in the fight against HIV/AIDS. World Community Grid — which supplied researchers with more than 109,000 YEARS of computation time over a five year period — was a major factor in this groundbreaking success. Now, there is hope for a new class of drugs to help the more than 33 million people who are infected worldwide.

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Source: The power of sharing | A Smarter Planet Blog

Of course! We have a team for that!