Here’s the feel-good story of the day: Fire up those old PCs and help find a cure for cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Modeled after the famous SETI@home project, Rosetta@home wants to borrow your idle computers to unlock the clue to protein structures within DNA. Organizers hope the answer will help find the cure or vaccines for diseases such as AIDS.
Currently more than 60,000 people donating are computer power, which is equivalent to one supercomputer, something that researcher and project founder David Banker doesn’t have the time to buy. Banker’s looking for more and his story is touching those affected by serious illness and prompting them to fire up their desktops.
Via USA Today
