Protein-folding game taps power of worldwide audience to solve difficult puzzles

A cooperative online game that puts volunteer 'gamers' to work folding proteins has attracted 50,000 players whose 'distributed thinking' has, in some cases, proven more powerful than computers in predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins. Extension of these efforts could one day pay off in the design of new proteins that help fight disease, sequester carbon, or clean up the environment...

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