Folding Forum

Well hey, the Stanford guys and gals were able to get the teams to start up and that in itself is a great accomplishment. Retention partially falls on the members of this very forum.

Total teams are 99,962 at this moment. Way to go Stanford!

Ruth,

What a great Idea! I will look into my old home town in NJ and talk with my uncle which is the Superintendent of Middlesex Borough Schools!

Causes of IgAN General. At this writing, nobody really knows what causes a person to develop IgAN. Our immune system produces a number of different immunoglobulin complexes to fight off infections, allergens, etc. Among these are IgE, IgM, IgG and IgA. In the case of IgAN, something appears to go w...

7im wrote:Folding@home studies protein folding, the mis-folding of proteins, and diseases that result from mis-folding. Is IgA Nephropathy a result of mis-folding proteins?

Possibly; I am kindly petitioning to see if it might.

I feel awkward requesting for research on my disease, IgA Nephropathy, because I feel selfish and because of all the work you do already but hey... its worth a shot right :| This immune system disorder causes damage to the kidneys, possibly due to improper folding (like many other diseases). It is t...