Bulldogcakes
03-19-2006, 06:03 AM
<p><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/" target="_self" title="Website with download">Website with download</a></p><p></p><p><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">What is protein folding and how is folding linked to disease? </font></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html">Proteins</a> are
biology's workhorses -- its "<a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html#nano">nanomachines</a>." Before
proteins can carry out these important functions, they
assemble themselves, or "<a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html#fold">fold</a>." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental
to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery. <br />
<br />
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"),
there can be serious consequences, including many well known <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html">diseases</a>,
such as <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#AD">Alzheimer's</a>, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#HD">Huntington's</a></font>,
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#PD">Parkinson's</a></font> disease, and many <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#Cancer">Cancers</a></font> and cancer-related syndromes.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A friend told me about this yesterday. Its from Stanford University, so its legit. They basically dont have the supercomputers needed to do the legwork for this reasearch, so they farm out the computing by getting people to download the program. The more people who sign on, the faster the work gets done. You barely notice it, and it hasn't slowed my computer at all. <br /></p>
biology's workhorses -- its "<a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html#nano">nanomachines</a>." Before
proteins can carry out these important functions, they
assemble themselves, or "<a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html#fold">fold</a>." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental
to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery. <br />
<br />
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"),
there can be serious consequences, including many well known <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html">diseases</a>,
such as <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#AD">Alzheimer's</a>, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#HD">Huntington's</a></font>,
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#PD">Parkinson's</a></font> disease, and many <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-diseases.html#Cancer">Cancers</a></font> and cancer-related syndromes.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A friend told me about this yesterday. Its from Stanford University, so its legit. They basically dont have the supercomputers needed to do the legwork for this reasearch, so they farm out the computing by getting people to download the program. The more people who sign on, the faster the work gets done. You barely notice it, and it hasn't slowed my computer at all. <br /></p>