As mentioned before we used the grid-computing site Folding@Home. They specialize their research in Huntington's Disease, ALS Lough Gehrig's Disease, Alzheimers, and Parkinson's Disease. Since the beginning of semester we have accumulated over 11,010 points, 22 work units, and a rank of 309,375 out of 1,543,542. We made it into the top 20% of grid-computing donors. This was definitely a meaningful project because we were able to contribute, even if on a small scale, to a collaborative effort to advance science and medicine. Reading the article, conducting and interview, and doing background research also contributed to our understanding of Huntington's Disease as well as how evolution has played a part.
We thank you for those who took the time to read our blog. We hope that through our research efforts you were able to learn new things about this disease as well as some of its misconceptions.
Patrick, Justin, Lee, and Brian
