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Post by Declan Tribal on Sept 22, 2008 20:28:52 GMT
So, I've downloaded this program onto my PS3 a few days ago, which I've been using it to help Stanford University students study protein processing. What the program does is that it simulates protein processing onto your PC or PS3 console, then sends the results back to the university. The idea is so that we can have a better understanding on how proteins fold or misfold (the latter leading to some nasty diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Mad Cow Disease and several forms of cancer), so that scientists can prevent protein mutation and develop a cure for these diseases. So far, I'm onto my fourth unit as of writing, and have been contributing to the project since. I'm thinking about starting up a Folding@Home team so that we can band together and further contribute to the project. You can read more about Folding@home from the Stanford University website: folding.stanford.edu/What You NeedFolding can be done by a CPU (Intel or AMD), GPU (Nvidia GeForce 8 Series or higher, ATI Radeon 2000 series and higher) or by Playstation 3. For PC users: You can download clients for the PC here. For PS3 users: The F@H client is built into the Playstation 3. Just simply download the client and you're good to go. NOTE: Folding on Nvidia cards requires the latest drivers (177.79 onwards) available from the Nvidia website.
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Post by drake on Sept 24, 2008 23:56:39 GMT
Already on a team, cool though. Gives my PS3 stuff to do, as I usually try out PS1 games on it, as I've already beaten all my PS3 games, and they're too expensive to go through that fast.
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