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Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout | Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout | ||||
the world download and run software to band together to make one of the | the world download and run software to band together to make one of the | ||||
largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project | largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project | ||||
closer to our goals. | closer to our goals. | ||||
Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed | Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed | ||||
computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than | computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than | ||||
previously achieved. | previously achieved. | ||||
Protein folding is linked to disease, such as Alzheimer's, ALS, | Protein folding is linked to disease, such as Alzheimer's, ALS, | ||||
Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Moreover, when | Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Moreover, when | ||||
proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious | proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious | ||||
consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, | consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, | ||||
Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many | Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many | ||||
cancers and cancer-related syndromes. | cancers and cancer-related syndromes. | ||||
WWW: http://folding.stanford.edu/ | WWW: https://foldingathome.org/ |