Through the power of distributed computer simulations and the resiliency of decentralized operations, modeling the virus’ behaviour can help in pointing out and exploiting vulnerabilities to develop an effective cure.
Folding At Home.
Motherboards for Medicine.
Doing away with COVID-19 requires more than social distancing and protective equipment. While life sciences draw the path towards effective medication and vaccines, software-based simulation can push the efforts forward through a proactive approach aimed at finding weaknesses to the virus and ways to exploit them.
Folding@home has been leading this approach as a distributed computing project simulating protein dynamics, including protein folding and movements. The goal is to rally citizen scientists in running simulation of protein dynamics on their personal computers, the results of which can help researchers better understand protein biology and develop cures consequently.
Endless Capacity.
A Distributed Supercomputer.
Harnessing the computing power of thousands of units worldwide, Folding@home allows the execution of operations exceeding the capacity of the most advanced machines in the world.
As such, simulating the multitude of combinations of biological processes undergone by proteins can be achieved within a finite timeframe, bolstering the hopes of quickly developing targeted cures.
