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Foldit Player May Have Created a Useful Protein

Posted by kdawson on from the know-when-to-hold-'em dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The organizers of the game Foldit, where you fold proteins for scientific research, announced that a user has found a protein that may be able to bind influenza viruses. Researchers plan to test the protein in a lab over the next few weeks to see if it might be medically useful."

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  1. Re:And who gets the patent for it? by blue+trane · · Score: 3, Funny

    He gets the #1 high score.

  2. Re:And who gets the patent for it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Top protein names are "ASS" and "POO"

  3. Re:So... what's the user win? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Coincidentally, that's also the punishment for the loser.

  4. Re: Anonymous Coward. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Otherwise you might just end up with a King... A Stephen King... The Tommyknockers... In Dutch.

  5. hope they name it after him/her... by Nyder · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... and their username isn't sexkitten69.

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