[P2P-F] Fold.it

Wed Sep 21 07:43:11 CEST 2011

"An online game has helped determine the structure of an enzyme that could
pave the way for anti-Aids drugs. The game, called Foldit, allows players to
create new shapes of proteins by randomly folding digital molecules on their
computer screens. In the journal Nature Structural and Molecular Biology,
scientists write that they have been puzzled by the protein's structure for
over a decade. But it took the online community just a few days to produce
the enzyme's model..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14986013

http://fold.it/

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