This article goes hand in hand with something I blogged late last year. Earlier I blogged a link to a screen saver you could download that uses your computer's processing power to help cure cancer. Now they are doing the same thing to find an anthrax treatment. As of now, all they can do for anthrax victims is to treat them with antibiotics, but that only works if they catch it early. Now they are just searching for treatments in general. Pretty cool... New Scientist |