Gamers Figure out Proteins Faster Than Scientists

I will never tell my son to get off his x-box again!!

This is AWESOME!!!  I bet they all had fun playing it!!  Except for the time/effort to program the game - - all the multiple players effort and time contributed for FREE!!  (I assume.) 

This is from the same people out of the University of Washington that run   rosetta@home  go to the top of the link find the white ribbon in the green box ..thats the foldit game     http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ ...........like rosetta@home..it has the potential to help find cures for many diseases................. you don't have to join just to read the message board

more about it here    

http://news.yahoo.com/gamers-solve-decade-old-aids-puzzle-ten-days-232206288.html;_ylt=AvIeTiCTPDRp3nH9YiSTckVtzwcF;_ylu=X3oDMTRoZnNhZGU5BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDIwMHBvb2xyZXN0BG1pdANOZXdzIGZvciB5b3UEcGtnAzQ4YmQ3YWRhLWE1M2EtMzNmYS1iMmQ5LTYyYTcwYTkwYjM2YgRwb3MDMwRzZWMDbmV3c19mb3JfeW91BHZlcgMzMDRlYzg1MC1lMzE2LTExZTAtYWUxNy0zMmE4MzNmYzEyODY-;_ylg=X3oDMTJybWwxY2h0BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYzdkYzBkNzgtYTY5NC0zYjU1LWFlYjUtMGFjNTIwNmQzMzNlBHBzdGNhdAN1cwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3

Way cool! Funny how the games can find the solutions that the scientist can't.  Guess it takes a different way of looking at things. NJ

more research update for rosetta@home project

http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/forum_thread.php?id=4477