Currently, it is estimated that as many as 5.2 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer's disease. This number is expected to grow over the next 50 years as our population ages.

Does anyone here use the spare power of their computers to help cure disease?

Posted: April 21st, 2009 | Author: Dr Alz | Filed under: Other - Diseases | Tags: , , | 4 Comments »
Just curious if anyone here does this. It’s a very large global community that uses the spare power of their computers to help find cures for cancer, alzheimers, parkinsons, etc. It is done through Stanford University. Personaly I think it’s a worthwhile cause.

http://folding.stanford.edu/
I think the chances of success are higher for this than SETI, also more worthwhile. I fold for team 11108, MaximumPC. The stats can be found at this link. It adds a bid of a sense of accomplishment and gives a friendly competativeness to it.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_list.php?s=