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Default A BOINC project helping diabetes research

Robert Miles wrote:

> 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!!
>


No GPU, sorry, but I'm running World Community Grid with the option to
take on whatever they send my way - also seti@home

Everyone with spare CPU time should join up - the latest breakthrough
in this research system concerned a bad type of childhood cancer.
There are lots of tasks to choose from!