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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hint: Not the player.

  2. Re:And who gets the patent for it? by glwtta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And who gets the patent(s), money etc. for this particular protein?

    I guess it's whoever spends the hundreds of millions of dollars to follow up on the infinitesimal chance that this will lead to something useful?

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