This is a superb tick-tock [0] into some of the efforts to combat Zika. Or, at least it seems excellent to me, although I don&#x27;t know anything about fighting viruses, and the Times is always a little off writing about anything I know well.<p>Highlights for me were how email, FedEx, and a shared urgency accelerated their collaboration. I also liked the appearance of 3D printing, and was curious that so many of the experts involved are first generation Chinese immigrants. Plus the idea of NCATS using a robot arm to automatically test thousands of approved compounds seems like something out of a science fiction novel. I hope the compound they identified proves to be safe and effective!<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nancyfriedman.typepad.com&#x2F;away_with_words&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;word-of-the-week-tick-tock.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nancyfriedman.typepad.com&#x2F;away_with_words&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;wor...</a>