Let Your Computer Fight AIDS

Wednesday, November 23. 2005

The World Community Grid, a network of volunteers that donate their computers' processing power when not in use, has announced a new project to search for an AIDS vaccine. Based on the successful SETI@Home project, the FightAIDS@Home initiative will screen through drugs to find those with the right shape to block HIV protease. In order to participate, volunteers download a customized screensaver which accesses and processes data while the computer is not in use.

The website also offers an active forum area in which participants discuss the project.

First noted in coverage by CNET.

Posted by Jim Cashel in Technology at 12:49 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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