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axiomatik
09-20-2011, 01:57 PM
....sort of.

Thousands of people playing an Internet game called Foldit successfully formulated a structure for a key enzyme related to the development of the AIDS virus, coming up with a model that had consistently eluded scientists.

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/articles/20110920/216916_aids-games-aids-games-aids-foldit-aids-enzyme-game-science.htm
lflkajfj12123
09-20-2011, 02:02 PM
this is awesome

http://fold.it/portal/info/science
SochBAT
09-20-2011, 05:35 PM
this was discussed at home. No one knew about it but me. I felt so leeeeet.
S14DB
09-20-2011, 05:42 PM
Curing a disease they can never get. Cool!
TheRealSy90
09-20-2011, 05:48 PM
Bahahaha that was grand. I see what you did there.