[DIYbio] Re: Medicine Simulation Newbie

I think first you need to understand some basic biochemistry before you begin.
Unless you are trying to simulate disease spread. Numerous people have worked on this and articles and methods should be easy to find.

If you are trying to understand how drugs help prevent or cure diseases such as Ebola you need to look at the proteins. Here is a tutorial for that: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13H-d8TzDn3m1H2BE_RA617H7g7dBjz_yibCLhLDejSQ/
which can be followed up with simulating the proteins which can be achieved with a tutorial like this: http://web.mit.edu/vmd_v1.9.1/namd-tutorial-unix.pdf


On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:58:38 AM UTC-8, Gokula Krishna wrote:

Hello There,

I am a Computer Science Engineer who is interested in simulating vaccines for various disease. Can anyone help me out on how to proceed? I have searched for various journals regarding this, but it is subtle to grasp and they are too abstract. 

This is the basic thesis that I have regarding the program:

1-> The user should specify the disease the various properties about the disease and environment.

2-> The program tests whether the given disease is curable for the vaccine.

3-> What are the parameters should I consider?

Can you suggest me a good place to start with?

Thanks in advance.