With the free computer game Foldit you should help fight the new corona virus (SARS-CoV-2)). Each of you can participate.
What is it about? The University of Washington has developed a free game that allows you to help create a drug against coronaviruses.
How to join – Foldit Download
How can i start? The game is called Foldit and can be downloaded from the FreeThink official website.
The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design (IPD) developed the game in which you should solve puzzles. You create protein structures that can interact with other proteins in a certain way.
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How does this work? You download Foldit from the website (link to download on fold.it) and then register with a username and password. The file is only 166 MB in size.
When you start the game, you will first be guided through a few tutorials that explain how to solve the puzzles. In the advanced puzzle you design a protein from scratch.
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The most promising designs are then tested at the IPD. If a correct combination is then found, it will continue to take some time before it is subjected to further tests.
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