Simulation of an Interaction between a Candidate Cancer Drug and a Cancer Target (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Simulation of an Interaction between a Candidate Cancer Drug and a Cancer Target

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Detailed interactions between mebendazole -- a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infestations -- and a cancer target, TNIK, explored by Shuxing Zhang and his group using the Lonestar supercomputer at TACC.

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Zhi Tan, Lu Chen & Shuxing Zhang, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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