Foldit Player May Have Created a Useful Protein

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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Re:And who gets the patent for it?

[Jaysyn]

And yet they still manage to spend more on advertising than R&D.