Large-scale Computer Simulations Reveal New Insights Into Antibiotic Resistance
Novel use of genetic testing methods helped public health officials control and limit the further spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions, according to a detailed analysis published in the October 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. The authors of the study, Joseph J. Amon, PhD, MSPH, and c...Simulations unravel outer membrane transport mechanism
Biochemistry professor Emad Tajkhorshid and graduate student James Gumbart used two software programs developed in the U. of I.'s National Institutes of Health Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics to painstakingly model a critical part of a mechanism by which bacteria take up large molecules. Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauff...Next generation simulations? Not on the Internet you're used to
It wasn't j...Medical simulations identify potential problems before they can pose a real threat
As the medical business struggles with the problems of clinical risks and litigation, one emerging method for dealing with potential problems is through the use of war-game exercises, in which scenarios that could last for several chaotic days in the real world can be simulated in the course of hours and allow for systemic problems to be identified and dealt with before they...