Computer Program Solves Flu Problem

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A new computer program is decoding influenza and could unravel other viruses as well. The research could save millions of people around the world from death by not only influenza, but eventually other diseases as well. Scientists from Stony Brook University in New York have developed a computer program that solves a genetic version of the "traveling salesmen problem." Using the program, the researchers can create a live but greatly weakened vaccine that should provide greater protection against more strains of the flu.

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