Petascale Powerhouse Cracks Important HIV Code
4th June 2013
The Blue Waters petascale computer at the University of Illinois’ National Centre for Supercomputing Applications is being credited with cracking part of the code of HIV – and possibly helping point the way to new treatments.
Simulations carried out on Blue Waters allowed researchers to determine the precise structure of the HIV capsid – the protein shell protecting the virus, which is an important part of its ability to attack the human immune system.
We have the technology.