keep up the good folding guys!
for doubters: neither i nor Stanford Uni has told anyone that a cure is just a couple of months away... it will take a while, but what Stanford and a couple of other Unis are doing is studying how proteins in humans 'fold' or 'misfold' sorta like how they develop and why some develop into cancer or *insert disease here* cells.
Instead of Stanford Uni trying to fork out for a supercomputer, they took on the idea of 'distributed computing (donators)' and developed a program to let anyone help out research with their computers at home.
Sony has taken this to another level by porting this program to the mighty PS3! The research project's power has significantly increased since the PS3s have come online and will continue to increase as long as we keep signing on good ppl who dont mind donating a bit of computing power.
As much as i love building my team <a target="_blank" href="http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=52735">Aussie Rules Footy</a> i'm really into the project much more and thats why i encourage ppl to either sign up to MyPS3 team, my team or start their own! Its great to see other ppl start out, and then enjoy the feeling of contributing and then spreading the word... its all just a for a good cause (dont worry, im no bloody happy clapper, just in it for the valuable research)
cheers guys, dont forget... Foldathon starts 1st July! plz finish atleast the work unit your on if you only participatin just for the Foldathon (otherwise your dollar or two u spent on power has been unfortunately useless, the research needs to be sent back to be helpful - thanks)
22/06/2007 / Kialla Shepparton, Victoria