SCEI: Over one million PS3 units now registered to Folding@Home |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has sent word that as of today, over one million PlayStation 3 owners have registered for Stanford UniversityÂ’s Folding@Home project.Put another way, this means that around 3,000 PS3 users register for Folding@home per day since the service's initial release last March 22, 2007.
Here's an explanation for the project if you're a new owner: Folding@Home is a shared computer project that simulates the process of protein folding. This process is in turn hoped to help in the further research of protein anomaly-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many forms of cancer.
In line with this another milestone, Stanford Associate Professor of Chemistry Vijay Pande had this to say:
Since partnering with SCEI, we have seen our research capabilities increase by leaps and bounds through the continued participation of Folding@Home users.
Now we have over one million PS3 users registered for Folding@Home, allowing us to address questions previously considered impossible to tackle computationally, with the goal of finding cures to some of the worldÂ’s most life-threatening diseases.
We are grateful for the extraordinary worldwide participation by PS3 and PC users around the globe.
Give yourself a pat on the back (and maybe a cold one) folks - we're hoping this good news made your day.
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