Troy, a fellow two-time ACC survivor, emailed our support group to let us know about CBS news segments on Cancer that aired last week.
In these segments, Katie Couric talked to doctors about the role that computers play in finding a cure for cancer. The computer is now able to analyze the tumor sample data and is able to identify changes in genes in proteins. Drugs can then block that change or reverse that change. This is amazing technology.
A new term I learned: "Biology in silico." Science with the help of silicon, or computers.
In the specific case of one patient, the super computer determined what gene mutation caused his cancer and then determined what therapy would best treat the cancer. The computer analyzed the tumor at warp speed. Two trillion calculations per second!
Watch the videos:
Katie Couric interviews Dr. Barker of the National Cancer Institute
A supercomputer that anaylzes tumors at warp speed!
14 October 2006
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