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The '''Influenza Antiviral Drug Search''' is a [[distributed computing]] project that runs on the [[BOINC]] platform.  It is a project of the [[University of Texas Medical Branch]].

==Project purpose==
The Influenza Antiviral Drug Search will conduct millions of virtual [[Docking (molecular)|docking]] experiments in order to discover compounds that may be suitable for real-world [[clinical trial]]s to combat new or [[drug resistance|drug resistant]] [[Strain (biology)|strains]] of [[influenza]] virus.

One vulnerability of all influenza strains is that they need [[viral neuraminidase]], [[NS1 Influenza Protein]] and [[hemagglutinin]] in order to infect a body.  A [[chemical compound]] that can disable one of these [[molecule]]s has the potential to be an effective antiviral drug.

==See also==
* [[BOINC]]
* [[List of distributed computing projects]]
* [[World Community Grid]]

==External links==
*[http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/flu1/overview.do Influenza Antiviral Drug Search]

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[[Category:Pharmacology]]
[[Category:Clinical research]]
[[Category:Drug discovery]]
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