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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. Useful, but dangerous? by courteaudotbiz · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Proteins are the building blocks for life, but they can also be the cause of its destruction... Although at first it may seem good, what about this thing is really bad and causes some strange and unknown disease? I hope there will be thorough testing before this synthetic thing is used on humans. Didn't RTFA, as usual...

  2. Re:And who gets the patent for it? by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Redundant

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

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