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A game to cure HIV?

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 17:17 — bkp10

A game developed by University of Washington PhD students, with help from game designers, aims to help move medical science forward through folding proteins. The game is called Foldit, and by playing it maybe someday you'll be credited for finding the cure for HIV.

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Tue, 05/20/2008 - 14:09 — Derick Burns

Folding@home on the PlayStation 3

One of the earliest firmware updates to the PS3 saw the inclusion of the Folding@home software that contributes to the overall Folding@home project that is underway at Stanford University. The goal of the project is to "understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases."

Tue, 05/20/2008 - 00:50 — svg5104

very intresting

very interesting to know, how gaming can be used in the future to help prevent some incurable diseases.
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