CHGC USES SGI/MITRONICS FOR EARLY DISEASE DIAGNOSIS.

The article reports that scientists at the China National Human Genome Center in Shanghai, China are using SGI compute technology running a Mitrion-accelerated BioInformatics application to improve early disease diagnosis and discover new drugs to effectively treat disease caused by this parasite. The technology helps extinguish effects of the ancient parasite, the Schistosoma japonicum or blood fluke, one of the major infectious parasites to a wide range of hosts including primates, rodents, carnivores and humans.