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<blockquote data-quote="Vince" data-source="post: 186451" data-attributes="member: 843"><p>Earlier this summer, the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee set about <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/computing/hardware/has-the-summit-supercomputer-cracked-the-covid-code.amp.html" target="_blank">crunching data</a> on more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples in an effort to better understand <a href="https://coronavirus.medium.com/" target="_blank">Covid-19</a>. Summit is the <a href="https://www.top500.org/" target="_blank">second-fastest</a> computer in the world, but the process — which involved analyzing 2.5 billion genetic combinations — still took more than a week.</p><p></p><p>When Summit was done, researchers analyzed the results. It was, in the words of Dr. Daniel Jacobson, lead researcher and chief scientist for computational systems biology at Oak Ridge, a “<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/08/05/your-lungs-can-fill-up-with-jell-o-scientists-discover-a-new-pathway-for-covid-19-inflammatory-response/#1c4172e824be" target="_blank">eureka moment</a>.” The computer had revealed a new theory about how Covid-19 impacts the body: <a href="https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/is-a-bradykinin-storm-brewing-in-covid-19--67876" target="_blank">the bradykinin hypothesis</a>. The hypothesis provides a model that explains many aspects of Covid-19, including some of its most <a href="https://elemental.medium.com/every-covid-19-symptom-we-know-about-right-now-from-head-to-toe-bd1d47584096" target="_blank">bizarre symptoms</a>. It also suggests 10-plus potential treatments, many of which are already FDA approved. Jacobson’s group <a href="https://elifesciences.org/articles/59177" target="_blank">published their results</a> in a paper in the journal <em>eLife</em> in early July.</p><p></p><p>Rest here:</p><p><a href="https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63" target="_blank">A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vince, post: 186451, member: 843"] Earlier this summer, the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee set about [URL='https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/computing/hardware/has-the-summit-supercomputer-cracked-the-covid-code.amp.html']crunching data[/URL] on more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples in an effort to better understand [URL='https://coronavirus.medium.com/']Covid-19[/URL]. Summit is the [URL='https://www.top500.org/']second-fastest[/URL] computer in the world, but the process — which involved analyzing 2.5 billion genetic combinations — still took more than a week. When Summit was done, researchers analyzed the results. It was, in the words of Dr. Daniel Jacobson, lead researcher and chief scientist for computational systems biology at Oak Ridge, a “[URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2020/08/05/your-lungs-can-fill-up-with-jell-o-scientists-discover-a-new-pathway-for-covid-19-inflammatory-response/#1c4172e824be']eureka moment[/URL].” The computer had revealed a new theory about how Covid-19 impacts the body: [URL='https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/is-a-bradykinin-storm-brewing-in-covid-19--67876']the bradykinin hypothesis[/URL]. The hypothesis provides a model that explains many aspects of Covid-19, including some of its most [URL='https://elemental.medium.com/every-covid-19-symptom-we-know-about-right-now-from-head-to-toe-bd1d47584096']bizarre symptoms[/URL]. It also suggests 10-plus potential treatments, many of which are already FDA approved. Jacobson’s group [URL='https://elifesciences.org/articles/59177']published their results[/URL] in a paper in the journal [I]eLife[/I] in early July. Rest here: [URL="https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63"]A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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