| bugrimmar said: er.. what exactly does folding at home do? |
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-main#ntoc2
It's basically a way to experiment with protiens in a virtual environment to see what would happen to them when manipulated. It's a study of human diseases, looking for solutions to things like alzheimers... here, from the FAQ:
"Diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, BSE (Mad Cow disease), an inherited form of emphysema, and even many cancers are believed to result from protein misfolding. When proteins misfold, they can clump together ("aggregate"). These clumps can often gather in the brain, where they are believed to cause the symptoms of Mad Cow or Alzheimer's disease."
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