Surplus PC Power Yields Faster Cancer Research
Summary
Using World Community Grid, the Help Conquer Cancer project scientists have devised a way to automate and accelerate a manual, complex process that enables researchers to more easily discover the structure of cancer-related proteins, and, eventually, formulate cancer cures. This new, automated approach may also help the exploration of other diseases and food-related research.
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| 15 Jun 2010 |
Summary
World Community Grid project automates tedious process to determine if protein samples are ready for x-ray examination.
Using World Community Grid, the Help Conquer Cancer project scientists have devised a way to automate and accelerate a manual, complex process that enables researchers to more easily discover the structure of cancer-related proteins, and, eventually, formulate cancer cures. This new, automated approach may also help the exploration of other diseases and food-related research.
To read more about this exciting announcement, please click here.
The following video accompanies the press release. We hope that you enjoy watching it.
