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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Folding@homeSome of eXceems members have joined the eXceem team for the distributed computing project folding@home You can find out more about folding@home at Folding@home - Main, and download the software at Folding@home - Download the Folding@home software application eXceems team number is 50602 You can discuss this at this thread Folding@Home
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![]() | Re: Folding@homeErrr... I'm not quite sure how downloading some software onto your computer is going to help stop cancer and alzheimers...
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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.
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