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Old 11-18-2002, 06:26 PM   #7
94_AcCoRd_EX
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I thought about posting this here before, but I never did. I do fold with a 3 computers, so does Maxvla if he pops his head in here.

Its a distributed computing project. Stanford is studying how proteins fold (remember Biology?) and this is key to curing some diseases such as Altzheimers (sp?) and some forms of cancer. You simply download the program, enter in a username and hopefully team #32 and it does everything for you. No more interaction is necessary. It gets new work units, etc. Check out the folding forum @ www.overclockers.com for more info, or the folding.stanford.edu site has a forum also.

I used to run Seti, but I fold now because disease has affected my life. Family members have had cancer, and now my best friend's cousin just passed away at the age of 19 after a battle with cancer

Folding is for a good cause, and I encourage all of you to sign up.
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