When proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including the following diseases.

* Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

* Huntington's Disease (HD)

* Cancer and P53

* Osteogensis imperfecta

* Parkinson's Disease (PD)

It is very easy to participate in this project to help humanity advance simply download the folding@home client install it, join a group, to join the medical expert report group use the following number during installation (150593) To take part in medical research.

After installation all you have to do is make sure the program is running in the background. The program will automatically download the next work units to your computer and start processing the data until it is done, then it will transmit the data back to the folding@home project. It is that simple to help advance medical science.

Roughly, a CPU uses about as much power as a 60-watt light bulb. So, the daily difference between off and running F@H is about 24x(45 to 70) = 1.1 to 1.7 kWh. At $0.14 per kWh (from PG&E here in California), this works out to about $0.15 to $0.24 per day, or perhaps $6 a month. The difference between an idled computer and one running F@H would be closer to $4 a month - and if the computer was already being used 8 hours a day, it would be closer to $3 a Month. In general, lighting and climate control use a much larger share of household power than computers do. So the best bet for cutting costs and conserving energy would be to turn off lights, turn off your computer monitors (which use more power than a CPU), and turn down the heat. And keep folding so, the daily difference between off and running F@H is about 24x(45 to 70)= 1.1 to 1.7 kWh. At $0.14 per kWh (from PG&E here in California), this works out to about $0.15 to $0.24 per day, or perhaps $6 a month. The difference between an idled computer and one running F@H would be closer to $4 a month - and if the computer was already being used 8 hours a day, it would be closer to $3 a month. In general, lighting and climate control use a much larger share of household power than computers do. So the best bet for cutting costs and conserving energy would be to turn off lights, turn off your computer monitors (which use more power than a CPU), and turn down the heat. And keep folding :)