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Julie Bove[_2_] Julie Bove[_2_] is offline
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Default A BOINC project helping diabetes research


"Robert Miles" > wrote in message
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> Do any of you have both a better than average Nvidia-based graphics board
> and a desire to use your computer to help advance diabetes research?
>
> If so, you may want to participate in the GPUGRID BOINC project.
>
> http://www.gpugrid.net/
>
> I just received this message from them:
>
>
> GPUGRID: WU: BI_3
> Hi all:
>
> Just sent a new project to the long queue, about 2500WUs, ~100,000 credits
> each.
> In particular, this project will help us to understand how antidiabetic
> drugs block its target, but also to develop a better general method for
> other targets and drugs involved in other diseases.
>
> Thanks to all!!
>
>
> I've been participating there for about 5 years.
>
> If you also want to use the rest of your computer to help medical
> research, I've found the World Community Grid project to be a good
> introduction to BOINC:
>
> https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp
>
> Wait a minute or so for them to show you all the subprojects they are now
> working on.
>
> I've now been participating there for about 6 years.


I'm sorry but I don't know what any of this means. Would this be a
standard computer? Or something else?