A 16 year old, Marshall Zhang from the Toronto has discovered possible treatment of genetic disorder Cystic Fibrosis by using supercomputer system. He is the 11th Grade student at the Richmond Hill's Bayview Secondary School, and presented his new invention at 2011 Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge on Tuesday (10th May, 2011) and won the first prize for his work. In the Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge, students make their individual research projects with the help of mentor. Image source: www.livescience.com Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is debilitating disease, in which natural protective mucus coating the lungs to become thick and sticky-an inviting situation for potentially fatal infections. Mostly this disease occurs in the white people of northern European ancestry. Zhang used the sophisticated SCINET supercomputing network at his mentor’s lab to examine how two promising new mixtures worked against the defective protein which is responsible for the condition. He also discovered how each of these drugs worked against the protein as well as they worked on the protein in diverse skin condition, increasing the chances they may possibly use simultaneously without meddling with each other. He discovered that the mixture of two drugs became more effective compared to either alone, because they worked mutually with diverse parts of the protein. Clinical tests suggest that specific may become helpful to treat this problem. After winning Sanofi-Aventis BioTalent Challenge, Zhang and second place student who won for their technique to build sorbet without gelatin move on to participate with Australian and U.S. teams at the International BioGENEius Challenge in Washington, D.C on 27th June, 2011. |
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