Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Foldit: using games to combat disease



Interesting BBC news article on harnessing gamers to solve science problems -- in this case, modeling an enzyme that may help with anti-AIDS drugs:

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

More info from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_with_a_purpose

Direct link to the Foldit site:

http://fold.it

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