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What you need
A computer with internet access ‘s freely available software
THIS week, instead of folding my laundry, I decided to fold some proteins. I joined more than 4 million citizen scientists around the world and lent my computer power to , a project running powerful simulations of proteins to help us understand these large molecules and the role they play in disease.
Proteins are the machines that our bodies use to get things done, and the way they work is dependent on their ability to fold into different shapes. By understanding this at…
