Sorry for the "spam", but this deserves to be seen by the entire planet.
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Intel has begun a Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program to tackle the largest
scientific quandaries hindering humankind. Their first project is a
distributed computing network (like SETI@Home) to evaluate molecules for
fighting cancer-causing proteins. An estimated 24M hours of number
crunching could find a way to block four proteins involved in leukemia,
saving 3-5
years over conventional research. Other diseases -- from Parkinson's to
diabetes -- may be tackled later. Intel hopes 6M users will download the
Windows client software
from <http://www.intel.com/cure>. A Linux version is under development.
<http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20010403corp.htm>.
[Edupage, 04Apr01.]
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Note: There have been some that have raised issue with the ultimate
ownership of a patent for work done on such a basis. Personally, the fact
that people's lives will be saved three to four years in advance of current
estimations renders such issues moot.
-jjk
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