Microsoft shares source code with AIDS researchers
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has released to the AIDS research community the source code for four analytical software tools, a move intended to aid the development of a vaccine for the disease.
The source code, available as a free download from Microsoft's CodePlex Web site, is designed to use the software giant's machine-learning technology to sort through thousands of human immunodeficiency virus strains. Researchers hope to use the technology to identify genetic patterns that could help them train an infected person's immune system to combat the virus.