Monday, October 08, 2007

Computers Consultants Cash in on Contagious Bird Flu

Finally computer consultants can cash in on the contagious finanical gains from bid flu.

"Computer Grids have achieved a productivity increase of more than 6000% in the identification of potential new drugs" says Ulf Dahlsten, Director of “Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures” in the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission.

This combination of computing power and potential drug company revenue paves the golden path for a corresponding increase in investment into the profitable health sector.

Imagine harnessing the power of 40,000 computers to solve the riddle of bird flu though only to find the goalpost has moved, with a new strain of Bid Flu. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that the H5N1 virus has mutated to a new strain.

Whilst the cynical could point to the neverending increase in funding required for these activities. First to crack the code, second to discover the code has changed, next to crack the code.... and so on the money flows.

With enough computers we can solve this - Sciencedaily.com/

Oops the virus has mutated again - Sciencedaily.com/bc-britain-birdflu.xml

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Bird Flu in Australia - Crikey Mate

The dumb things scientists do and not from wild birds lies the biggest risk of getting Bird Flu.

Who could imagine tinkering with the world's most deadly disease and forgetting to check your suit - not once, not by one person but three scientists.

Yes you read this right - a suit without a air filter, shared by three scientists who did not notice. All while working with infected ducks infected with a SouthEast Asian strain of the avian flu.

'No worries mate' in true Australian crocodile hunter style; they sent all the scientists home to see what would happen.

The three are back at work now - that is the scientists not the ducks - I understand the ducks are Ok too.

Lucky there is plenty of water between here and Australia.

www.abc.net.au/news
www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article
Bird flu information