Want to help find cures for HIV/AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, malaria or many other diseases?
Your computer isn't always using its power; in fact, a lot of it's going to waste. The Rosetta@Home project uses the power your computer isn't using anyway, to find the structures of proteins as they would be found in the body.
With this information, researchers can find new drugs and treatments to treat these diseases.
For a good video explaining it in depth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzATbET3g54
How do you get involved?
1) Go to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php download and install the BOINC client.
2) On your PC (with BOINC open), simply select "Rosetta@Home" from the list of options, and then
and a valid e-mail address + password.
You're done! It will automatically start fetching tasks.
Optional: Join the Facebook team, competing with other Universities and Governments from around the world to see who can fold the most proteins.
1) Go to http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/team_display.php?teamid=4564
2) Click "Join" by "Join this team"
3) Enter the same e-mail address/password you set up earlier.
If you like the cause, join it. It's easy to set up, and YOU might be the one that helps cure cancer. =)
More information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta%40Home
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ - Official Site
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2223928761 - Facebook Group
Check the "Questions and Answers" post! I've been answering the questions I've been receiving in there.
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