Teen wins $100,000 for flu advance

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"Eric Chen, 17, of San Diego, Calif., earned the $100,000 grand prize for identifying new drug candidates for the treatment of influenza. A student at Canyon Crest Academy, he used supercomputers to analyze the chemical composition and shape of molecules that might interfere with an enzyme known as endonuclease. The flu virus depends on this enzyme to multiply. So if the new drugs work in people (something that has not yet been tested), they could slow or halt the infection's spread. Chen's research could lead to medicines that would counter a massive flu outbreak as new vaccines were being" developed.

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/teen-wins-100000-flu-advance

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I saw this on TV somewhere on one of the science channels....smart kid.

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What a great story. It is so good to read about the good things kids are doing. Just like with everything else, it seems like the news is always filled with bad things.

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Wow! That's great. Kids are really getting smarter with the new technologies. That is, if they use it in a good way.

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