{"id":447,"date":"2011-09-20T17:27:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T21:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodwin.drexel.edu\/isensor\/drho\/?p=447"},"modified":"2011-09-20T17:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T21:27:15","slug":"online-gamers-crack-aids-enzyme-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=447\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Online games are being used for research in ways that are really having a huge impact!<\/p>\n<p>Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by AFP<br \/>\nThe exploit is published on Sunday in the journal Nature Structural &amp; Molecular Biology, where &#8212; exceptionally in scientific publishing &#8212; both gamers and researchers are honoured as co-authors.<\/p>\n<p>Their target was a monomeric protease enzyme, a cutting agent in the complex molecular tailoring of retroviruses, a family that includes HIV.<\/p>\n<p>Figuring out the structure of proteins is vital for understanding the causes of many diseases and developing drugs to block them.<\/p>\n<p>But a microscope gives only a flat image of what to the outsider looks like a plate of one-dimensional scrunched-up spaghetti. Pharmacologists, though, need a 3-D picture that &#8220;unfolds&#8221; the molecule and rotates it in order to reveal potential targets for drugs.<\/p>\n<p>From Yahoo News: http:\/\/games.yahoo.com\/blogs\/plugged-in\/online-gamers-crack-aids-enzyme-puzzle-161920724.html;_ylc=X3oDMTNtczRvcjZnBF9TAzU2NzAwMTEyNQRhY3QDbWFpbF9jYgRjdANhBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi1VUwRwa2cDNWM1YWExY2UtNmQwNS0zYThiLTk1YzUtOTYwZmY3MDc5ZmRmBHNlYwNtaXRfc2hhcmUEc2xrA21haWwEdGVzdAM-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online games are being used for research in ways that are really having a huge impact! Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=447\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-latest-news-ideas-problems-strategies-and-tactics-in-securing-cyberspace-and-virtual-organizations-discussed-by-experts-in-industries-as-well-as-academia","tag-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}