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Virtual epidemics may hold scientific promise

October 13, 2005 Some see the recent plague that ran amok in the online game "World of Warcraft" as a valuable tool for examining how a real pandemic might behave. Images: Deadly virtual outbreak TAGS: plague, disease, Vivendi Universal, epidemic, behavior, virtual worlds, online game

Mayo Clinic logs on to Blue Gene

August 4, 2004 IBM supercomputer drafted to help do the math on genes connected to cancer, other diseases. TAGS: Blue Gene, disease, patient, supercomputer, IBM Corp.

IBM deal to help speed medical research

November 17, 2003 Scoring another win in the life sciences, Big Blue lands a three-year deal with the University of California at San Francisco to link clinical information and research findings. TAGS: life science, disease, business consulting services, patient, IBM Corp., health, agreement, San Francisco

Intel to aid Alzheimer's research

July 25, 2003 The chip giant is teaming up with the Alzheimer's Association to spur development of technologies for helping people with the disease. TAGS: disease, consortium, health care, Intel, research, health, chip company, leader, entertainment

Computer virus experts may learn from disease

January 29, 2004 A computer scientist tells the security industry to look to other fields of study for lessons on how to prevent computer epidemics. TAGS: computer virus, epidemic, disease, insurance company, paper, insurance, field, study, threat, security, idea, Microsoft Corp.

Cancer survivor's advice to programmers, others

May 20, 2006 Software developer Douglas Reilly opens up with clients and co-workers about his disease, urges others to do the same. TAGS: cancer, advice, disease, Slashdot, article, client, programming

Knowledge is power, but can you handle it?

May 10, 2006 The Internet is making it easy to get DNA testing, but the results could be disturbing if not handled correctly. TAGS: cancer, disease, patient, lab, DNA, knowledge, access, expert, power, process

Seeds of destruction

January 15, 2004 Agriculture epidemics, like the Irish Potato Famine, may hold clues that can help computer-security experts fight Internet viruses. TAGS: epidemic, disease, species, clue, computer virus, MSBlast worm, virus, scientist, professor, researcher, security

This week in video games

October 14, 2005 If life can imitate art, can life imitate video games? Some scientists will tell you yes. TAGS: disease, video game, scientist, behavior, professor, researcher, games, video
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