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Are YOU Folding@home? Join the 1 Million PS3 Owners Who Are!

February 08, 2008 in News comments 10

If you don't and you have a PS3, why don't you join Stanford University's Folding@home program and help the university learn more about protein folding in an attempt to find a cure for some of the most life-threatening diseases in the world today? There are currently a total of one million Playstation 3 owners that have joined this worthy cause, with more people joining every day.

Don't have a PS3? Don't worry, you can also use it on your PC, Mac, or Linux computer as long as you have a working Internet connection.

The Folding@home program aids the study of protein folding in order to help scientists attempting to tackle the development of a number of diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington's, cystic fibrosis and certain forms of cancer.
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  • 0
    Kinetic Feb 8, 08
    Yep. I'm folding at home.
  • 0
    Final Blade Feb 8, 08
    Yup, im apart of this great folding community. Im also apart of the Neoteam baby. Although haven't folded since a couple of months.
  • 2
    huntyr Feb 8, 08
    If this is true, then PS3 owners are registering but not doing anything:
    From the folding@home site:
    Active CPUS:26571
    Total CPUS: 425573
    http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats

    so what with the < 50% participation rate and the very small active participants?
  • 1
    Storm Feb 8, 08
    I'm folding but maybe twice a month if that. Usually do it when the controller needs charging. Two birds.
  • 0
    Bale Fire* Feb 8, 08
    Hey Where can I join the Neoteam? I've searched the site but haven't been able to find it
  • 0
    Bale Fire* Feb 8, 08
    Thanks expect to me on more often
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    Reason Feb 8, 08
    I've been folding on my PC for ages now. Nice to see that there's such a massive amount of people folding.

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