Infectious Disease

Anthrax research project completes in-silico screening in 24 days

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 9th, 2002

Collaborators of the Anthrax Research Project, designed to screen 3.5 billion molecules against a known anthrax toxin protein, announced the turnover of the project's results to the United States Department of Defense and the government of the United Kingdom. The project launched on January 22, 2002, and was completed mid February.

Preliminary results indicate approximately 300,000 molecules have been identified from the pool of 3.5 billion as possible candidates for further research. Of these, some 12,000 are particularly promising. The virtual screening project was completed in 24 days, a process which traditionally would have taken years to complete. Participants...

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