A cure for what you ask?

Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Cancer to name a few. Unfortunately chances are very likely that you have family or friends who’s lives have been affected by these terrible diseases. I lost my Mother to cancer last year. I’m not a doctor and I’m sure I’ll never understand why some get cancer and others do not. Makes you feel completely helpless.

When I read about the Folding@Home project I felt a little less helpless. There was something I could do to help doctors and chemists understand proteins and how they fold. Or as I learned, don’t fold, or fold wrong which can result in many forms cancer.

In short, Folding@Home is a piece of software you can run on your computer which takes advantage of the unused resources to perform very complex computations. Data is loaded from the Folding@Home to your computer, where it is processed, and then the results are sent back where they are compiled with the results from hundreds of thousands of computers around the US and the world. The fastest supercomputers cannot match the power of Folding@Home!

I’m now running the software on all my computers both at home and at work. The software is so seamless, I don’t even notice it running. You only need to set it up once and then it’s completely automatic, no intervention required.

I ask that you take 10 minutes to download, install, and run the Folding@Home software on your computer(s). If you need help, I’d be happy to help, or you can visit the Folding@Home website. If you would like to join my team, I would be honored! The first time you run the software it will ask for a user name and team number. The user name you enter will be displayed in the stats on the Folding@Home website and if you participate as a member of my team, it will appear there as well. My team number is 46505 called “for_xk9”, translated that’s “For Mom” (Inside family thing)

Won’t you help get us a day closer to the cure?