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Science Prodigy Creates New Drugs That Fight the Flu
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Eric S. Chen, 17, of San Diego took home the top award of $100,000 for his research of new drugs that can potentially treat the flu. The competition, hosted by the Intel and the Society for Science and the Public.
Chen combined computer modeling with structural study and biological validation, and focused on drugs that inhibit endonuclease - an enzyme that is necessary for mass reproduction. Chen hopes his work leads a class of new medications to control flu outbreaks in the grave situation that a pandemic erupts.
"Society for Science and the Public proudly joins Intel in congratulating Eric Chen for his impressive research toward potential new drugs for influenza," said Rick Bates, interim CEO and chief advancement officer of SSP. "By linking technology and science to the problems of the world they see around them, Eric and all the Intel Science Talent Search finalists are tomorrow's problem solvers."
The second place winner was Kevin Lee, 17, of Irvine, Calif. Lee used a mathematical model and described the shape of the heart as it beats, using fluid mechanics principles. His model can help in the research of arrhythmia, which might mean that there will be better ways to treat the disease.
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Eric S. Chen, 17, of San Diego took home the top award of $100,000 for his research of new drugs that can potentially treat the flu. The competition, hosted by the Intel and the Society for Science and the Public.
Chen combined computer modeling with structural study and biological validation, and focused on drugs that inhibit endonuclease - an enzyme that is necessary for mass reproduction. Chen hopes his work leads a class of new medications to control flu outbreaks in the grave situation that a pandemic erupts.
"Society for Science and the Public proudly joins Intel in congratulating Eric Chen for his impressive research toward potential new drugs for influenza," said Rick Bates, interim CEO and chief advancement officer of SSP. "By linking technology and science to the problems of the world they see around them, Eric and all the Intel Science Talent Search finalists are tomorrow's problem solvers."
The second place winner was Kevin Lee, 17, of Irvine, Calif. Lee used a mathematical model and described the shape of the heart as it beats, using fluid mechanics principles. His model can help in the research of arrhythmia, which might mean that there will be better ways to treat the disease.
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