<s>
EuResist	B-Application
is	O
an	O
international	O
project	O
designed	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
treatment	O
of	O
HIV	O
patients	O
by	O
developing	O
a	O
computerized	O
system	O
that	O
can	O
recommend	O
optimal	O
treatment	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
patient	O
's	O
clinical	O
and	O
genomic	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
EuResist	B-Application
project	O
was	O
named	O
as	O
a	O
Computerworld	O
honors	O
program	O
laureate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AIDS	B-Device
is	O
a	O
disease	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
HIV	O
retrovirus	O
,	O
which	O
progressively	O
reduces	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
the	O
immune	O
system	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
infections	O
and	O
ultimately	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
EuResist	B-Application
,	O
such	O
systems	O
had	O
several	O
common	O
characteristics	O
that	O
negatively	O
impacted	O
their	O
accuracy	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
EuResist	B-Application
sought	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
more	O
accurate	O
HIV	O
treatment	O
prediction	O
system	O
by	O
collecting	O
a	O
large	O
database	O
of	O
in	O
vivo	O
data	O
(	O
clinical	O
and	O
genomic	O
records	O
of	O
real	O
treatments	O
of	O
HIV	O
patients	O
and	O
their	O
consequences	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
prediction	O
models	O
instead	O
of	O
just	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EuResist	B-Application
system	O
was	O
tested	O
and	O
compared	O
with	O
its	O
predecessors	O
by	O
feeding	O
it	O
with	O
historical	O
data	O
on	O
patients	O
for	O
which	O
treatment	O
results	O
are	O
known	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
EuResist	B-Application
,	O
who	O
conducted	O
this	O
test	O
,	O
reported	O
an	O
improved	O
performance	O
over	O
the	O
previous	O
state-of-the-art	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EuResist	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2006	O
as	O
a	O
consortium	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Physiological	O
Human	O
FP-6	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	O
completed	O
its	O
commitment	O
to	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
in	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
the	O
EuResist	B-Application
system	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
mid-2010	O
,	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
600	O
queries	O
are	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
EuResist	B-Application
system	O
every	O
quarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
EuResist	B-Application
received	O
a	O
Computerworld	O
honors	O
program	O
laureate	O
award	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
program	O
honoring	O
individuals	O
and	O
organizations	O
that	O
use	O
information	O
technology	O
to	O
benefit	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
