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06-05-2006, 11:44 PM | #1 |
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Rosetta@home : Screw searching for aliens, how about curing cancer
http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/
Basically like the SETI@home application. Your pc downloads some info and then runs in a screensaver mode while it calculates the data. Once complete it uploads to their servers. Distributed processing. I think that I'll install it on a couple of my workstations tomorrow. I have some extra cpu power I can donate to a good cause.
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06-06-2006, 12:11 AM | #2 |
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just joined and tossed a couple workstations on it here at The Discovery Channel.
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06-06-2006, 12:24 AM | #3 |
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isnt there Folding@home which is working towards the same cause
in that case, wouldnt it be more productive to Work Together?????? |
06-06-2006, 12:36 AM | #4 |
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For the pharmaceutical companies, it'll hurt them "if" a cure for cancer is "discovered". Billions of dollars are donated to the research. If the research isn't needed, they lose the funding.
The conspiracy theorist in me says that there is already a cure, but it's being withheld so major companies can make more money. |
06-06-2006, 01:38 AM | #5 |
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All cancer will likely never be cured. Every single cancer is different. Biology will find a way to kill us.
But studying protein folding is a good start. |
06-06-2006, 01:57 AM | #6 |
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There are many different programs. I run Folding and Rosetta. If I was you guys I would join the xtremesystems.org team.
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06-06-2006, 01:57 AM | #7 |
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why does it matter what team you are on? It doesn't affect the work rate or the results.
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06-06-2006, 05:36 AM | #8 | |
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06-06-2006, 09:00 AM | #9 |
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loaded in on a couple of workstations so far this morning.
Bump for a good cause. |
06-06-2006, 09:29 AM | #10 |
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why doesn't someone make a TehOT team?
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06-06-2006, 09:31 AM | #11 | |
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06-06-2006, 03:24 PM | #12 | |
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Well, when we find the aliens, they will share with us the cure for cancer. Duh. |
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06-06-2006, 03:30 PM | #13 |
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Welcome to 7 years ago.
I've been running THINK since 2000. It tries to find positive interactions for potential drugs with proteins associated with cancer growth. http://www.grid.org/projects/cancer/ |
06-06-2006, 03:31 PM | #14 |
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I've got 2 years of computing time on FightAids@home, in about 6 months. Far more people have aids than cancer.
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06-06-2006, 03:32 PM | #15 |
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I just set up "Team Teh OT" on rosetta...
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06-06-2006, 03:33 PM | #16 | |
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No more crack for you. 1/3 people get cancer. I can almost guarantee that I will never get AIDS. |
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06-06-2006, 03:36 PM | #17 |
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I just searched through our 40-50 million samples out back....didn't see any cures.
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06-06-2006, 03:37 PM | #18 | |
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06-06-2006, 03:38 PM | #19 | |
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Not to mention, you can almost make it certain that you never get aids by following some simple steps, whereas cancer is prolific even in some of the healthiest people. |
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06-06-2006, 04:13 PM | #20 | |
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