Animal testing?
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Animal testing?
Hi im interested in using the F@H software but would like to know something first:
Is the folding@home project involved with animal testing in any way?
Thanks.
Is the folding@home project involved with animal testing in any way?
Thanks.
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Re: Animal testing?
Well, my patience is some times tested by folding, and I'm a human animal.
Re: Animal testing?
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Re: Animal testing?
Not for now, but the cures that might be developed using our results will probably be tested on animals?ChopSticks wrote:Hi im interested in using the F@H software but would like to know something first:
Is the folding@home project involved with animal testing in any way?
Thanks.
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Re: Animal testing?
Not for now? Try not ever! F@H only does the research. Some other company would be doing the validation.
But the more accurate of a simulation F@H can produce, the less trial and error needs to be done on the lab rats down the road. So you might say F@H helps to reduce animal testing.
But the more accurate of a simulation F@H can produce, the less trial and error needs to be done on the lab rats down the road. So you might say F@H helps to reduce animal testing.
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Re: Animal testing?
well this is what i was hoping. it'd be nice to think that contributing to the project was reducing animal testing rather than creating more experiments. I cant actually find a way of contacting anyone about this. Does anyone know where i can find contact details for the folding@home team? Thanks.7im wrote:Not for now? Try not ever! F@H only does the research. Some other company would be doing the validation.
But the more accurate of a simulation F@H can produce, the less trial and error needs to be done on the lab rats down the road. So you might say F@H helps to reduce animal testing.
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Re: Animal testing?
You might try tickling the "Home" link, located at the top of this page....Does anyone know where i can find contact details for the folding@home team? Thanks.
Alternately, you might try your google button and "Vijay Pande".
Either will surely reward you with an email address.
Re: Animal testing?
Folding@home uses computer simulations of protein folding or misfolding, and it does not use any animals or humans for testings.ChopSticks wrote:Hi im interested in using the F@H software but would like to know something first:
Is the folding@home project involved with animal testing in any way?
Thanks.
You can contact the head of Folding@home Project, Dr Pande by PM at ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=11, for more information about your question.
Re: Animal testing?
This is one of the great, unappreciated things about F@H. Everything is done via computer (aka in-silico) using accurate simulations of protein behavior. No need to randomly inject a lab animals with a needle full of compound XYZ. One of the more common ways F@H presents its usefulness is the reduction in physical lab testing, thanks to the research being done on computers. I only stopped to respond to this old post in a very busy month (starting a consulting job with a cloud company as a Linux support analyst ). This is something I've started highlighting to people when explaining the benefits of FAH participation, and the reasons they should fold - "save the cute little critters"!