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World Community Grid volunteers began processing the first work units of the project.

We began to receive excellent results from you!

We have done more than 10% calculation during a quarter of a year.

Thank you for your co-operation!

Half an year have passed since our project launched.

We have done more than 20% calculation.

Thank you for your co-operation!

We have finished the calculation for the first target as T1.

Now the calculation for S1, the second target of this project, has been proceeding.

Since we are now preparing the second screening of T1, we will make an announcement of the result by the end of next March.

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We have finished the analysis for the first target as T1 and selected 60 drug candidates.

We will make a detail consideration as drug like compounds on them and choose 10 candidates for next  experiment using neuroblastoma cells.

2010.2.9

We are preparing the screening experiment by neuroblastoma cells to evaluate 10 candidates as a drug for neuroblastoma.

Miho Tanaka provided us some pictures that expressing her encouragement for the children fighting with cancer.

2010.3.16

We already prepared 50 compounds as drug candidates for neuroblastoma and are setting the in vitro experiments.

Miho Tanaka provided us some new pictures that expressing her encouragement for the children fighting with cancer.

2010.4.30

We are now preparing new 3 targets for the next calculation.

It will be start at the beginning of August.

Thank you for your co-operation!!!

2010.7.20

Now the calculation for N1, the 4th target of this project, has been proceeding.

For T1, we identified 6 compounds that are effectively repress the cell growth among 50 compounds had selected by computer simulation. We continue further detail examination.

For S1 and S2, we started data analysis of the computer simulation.


We appreciate on your co-operation.

2010.8.13

We have finished the calculation for the second target as S1.

Now we are preparing the screening experiment by neuroblastoma cells.


Thank you .

2010.9.14

We have done more than 60% calculation of this project (T1, S1, S2, N1, L3, L4).


Dr. Nakagawara elected a President of Asian Region of International Society of Pediatric Oncology.


World Community Grid greeted the 6th anniversary.


Thank you.

2010.11.16

We have done more than 76% calculation of this project (T1, S1, S2, N1, L3, L4).


We are now preparing the toxicity check experiment for the drug candidates (T1; 7 compounds, S1; 3 compounds).

These experiments are covered with the prize money which IBM Watoson Computer won by an American popularity TV program “Jeopardy”.


Thank you.

2011.03.09

We have finished the calculation for the third target as S2.

Now we are preparing the screening experiment by neuroblastoma cells.


Miho Tanaka provided us some new pictures that expressing her pray for the earthquake disaster revival.


Thank you .

2011.04.19

After screening 3,000,000 candidate chemicals by molecular imaging and cellular toxicity, our project team has finally identified 7 small chemical compounds which kill several neuroblastoma cells at very low concentration. These compounds are currently subjected for further analyses including the toxicity test using mice as well as elucidation of the molecular mechanism how cancer cells are killed.


Thank you .

2011.08.22