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Originally Posted by Jake  Errr... I'm not quite sure how downloading some software onto your computer is going to help stop cancer and alzheimers... |
For more info:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandeg...FoldingFAQ.pdf
Should shed some light on it. Its basically investigating why proteins "misfold" which cause diseases and when you can figure out protein and amino acid chains you can work out the makeup of genetic diseases and possibly then find a cure for them.