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diff --git a/biology/linux-foldingathome/pkg-descr b/biology/linux-foldingathome/pkg-descr index ba95bdf63249..ab1b775dd16a 100644 --- a/biology/linux-foldingathome/pkg-descr +++ b/biology/linux-foldingathome/pkg-descr @@ -1,9 +1,17 @@ -Folding@Home is a distributed computing project -- people from through out the -world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest -supercomputers in the world. Every computer makes the project closer to our -goals. -Folding@Home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, -to simulate problems thousands to millions of times more challenging than +Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout +the world download and run software to band together to make one of the +largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project +closer to our goals. + +Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed +computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved. -WWW: http://folding.stanford.edu +Protein folding is linked to disease, such as Alzheimer's, ALS, +Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Moreover, when +proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious +consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, +Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many +cancers and cancer-related syndromes. + +WWW: http://folding.stanford.edu/ |