http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/date/2008/5/10/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/date/2008/5/10/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4377C1B5-F45D-44BF-8AF3-E414BEFA3252/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/Silkweaver/">Silkweaver</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> As a serious gamer I am certainly going to devote some time to this one. The idea is brilliant. Collaborative computing may bring breakthroughs that are decades away otherwise.<br/>If you pop this at least give the game a try <img src="http://clipmarks.com/images/icons/smilies/happy.gif?r=2" style="margin-bottom: -4px;" alt="" /> <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508122520.htm" title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508122520.htm">www.sciencedaily.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach the rules, which are the same laws of physics by which protein strands curl and twist into three-dimensional shapes -- key for biological mysteries ranging from Alzheimer's to vaccines.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">After about 20 minutes of training, people feel like they're playing a video game but are actually mouse-clicking in the name of medical science. The free program is at <A rel="nofollow" href="http://fold.it/" linkindex="14" target="_blank" set="yes">http://fold.it/</A>.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">High-scoring players will be credited in scientific publications the way that top Rosetta@home contributors already are credited for their computer time.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">medicine</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/computer+games/" rel="tag">computer games</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/collaborative+computing/" rel="tag">collaborative computing</a></div>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508122520.htmSat, 10 May 2008 12:25:49 GMT