[LibWhacker]

I'm not sure about this, but I think they're looking at billions of molecules, folding them various ways, and then checking to see if they'll bind well with certain "target proteins" that are associated with various cancers. So participants can't work on just one particular cancer of their choosing. I think pancreatic cancer was just recently added to their list.

I don't understand it, that's for sure, lol! But I may sign up for it and drop SETI@home. I love SETI, but it has plenty of volunteers by now!

[Yo-Yo]

From the Grid.org site that explains the current project:

Current Project: Human Proteome Folding
United Devices has begun a new and exciting research project -- the Human Proteome Folding Project -- in collaboration with the Institute for Systems Biology, the University of Washington, and IBM Corporation.

Now you can volunteer your computer's excess compute resources to take on one of modern science's greatest challenges: Unraveling the protein structures hidden inside the Human Genome.

The Human Proteome Folding Project analyzes sequence data from the Human Genome to predict how the proteins coded there are likely to function. Since proteins directly affect human health and are key targets in developing disease treatments, understanding their structure and function is critical. At present only a fraction of human protein structures are known -- this project seeks to dramatically increase that number and make the data available to scientists for further study by the end of 2005.

General research, very valuable, but not specifically targeted at cancer research. I'll reconsider installing it, but I'd hate to be donating computer time so some corporation can develop a better Viagra.