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Another revolutionary tool in the fight against COVID-19 is the collective power of distributed computing projects like Folding@home. This initiative pools spare processing power from volunteers’ personal computers worldwide to simulate the behavior of proteins at a molecular level.
Seth Goldin, a tech expert at Freethink, explained that understanding how proteins fold and function is vital for developing effective treatments. Folding@home enables researchers to run countless simulations to unravel the mechanisms of viral proteins, thereby informing drug design and therapeutic strategies.