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MSNBC: Supercomputer Tackles DNA Project
Submitted by Gary Van Domselaar; posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2000
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``The world's fastest commercial supercomputer will soon be devoted exclusively to solving the world's most powerful puzzle. A new IBM supercomputer will be made available to companies trying to ask questions of the recently decoded human genome.
``Hailed as the scientific marvel of our lifetime, decoding the DNA that holds the recipes for human biology is merely a first step. The Human Genome Project, a full map of human DNA, has created perhaps the most powerful and intriguing database ever. But analyzing that data - really gleaning the secrets hidden inside our DNA - is a mathematical mountain.
``For example, diseases like cancer are often not caused merely by one defective gene, but by a combination of defective genes. Since there are an estimated 35,000 identified genes, uncovering which combinations are at the root of an illness is an onerous task. How onerous? It would take a traditional computer 447 years to solve the first equations that were constructed, according to Michael Mott, a spokesperson for NuTec Sciences, Inc. That's a long time to wait for the health miracles promised by the decoding DNA.
``Enter IBM and NuTec Sciences, Inc., which specializes in algorithms devoted to speeding up computations related to the human genome project. Software designed by NuTec lets scientists ask questions of the genome data much faster - shrinking the wait time from 447 years to about one month.''
Full story:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/503543.asp?cp1=1
Also, Forbes article and Yahoo press release:
http://www.forbes.com/2000/12/15/1218teraflop.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001218/ny_ibm.html
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