Tag Archives: Foldit

Solve Puzzles for Science – Foldit Part 3

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Players of Foldit have once again optimally redesigned a protein, giving it an 18-fold higher activity than the original design by the scientists. The paper, published in Nature Biotechnology, explains how: “Players of the online game Foldit were challenged to remodel the … Continue reading →

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Solve Puzzles for Science – Foldit Part 2

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

The crystal structure of a monomeric retroviral protease has been solved by gamers using Foldit. Scientists have spent a long time (more than 10 years) trying to elucidate the structure of M-PMV (Mason-Pfizer monkey virus), but it took gamers just 3 … Continue reading →

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Solve Puzzles for Science – Foldit

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Foldit – Solve Puzzles for Science. How awesome a tagline is that? Sounds very Portal-esque too, which is only a good thing. The basic premise of the game is to fold proteins into their most efficient shape. This involves making … Continue reading →

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