A British project that pools spare processing capacity from personal computers scattered around the world to identify molecules with cancer-fighting properties has recently succeeded in an experiment.
[CNET Japan 2003/11/14 22:10]
I think it is wonderful that people can contribute little by little in this way. Companies and other organizations could perhaps donate surplus computing power as well. In the future, there might even be a market for surplus computing power.
Find-A-Drug is a nonprofit organization (NPO) that is also researching new drugs to combat HIV/AIDS and SARS. The group’s software can be downloaded here.
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