Monday, June 7, 2010

DARPA Wants To Look Into The Future To Prevent Outbreaks Before They Happen

DARPA Wants a Crystal Ball for Pathogens circulating

From Popular Science:

And in fine DARPA style, the project to do it is called "Prophecy".

The fight against pathogens is usually reactionary; a pathogen evolves or mutates, developing a drug resistance or finding a more efficient path toward infection, and researchers scramble to shift tactics for fighting off said pathogen. That’s not good enough for DARPA, which wants a means to look into the future so researchers can stop an outbreak of a potentially dangerous pandemic before it ever begins.

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My Comment: The Danger Room has more on this Darpa initiative.

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