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To: Tony Viola who wrote (131631)	4/4/2001 5:32:28 PM
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This project uses the distributed computing concept pioneered by SETI. dailynews.yahoo.com Tuesday April 3 9:38 PM ET PC's Enlisted To Fight Cancer By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - A new project launched Tuesday is designed to harness the spare processing power of personal computers to fight cancer. The project is the first element of Intel Corp.'s Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program, which takes the theory behind Napster (news - web sites) and applies it to science. Instead of swapping music, individual users will share processing power. Organizers expect as many as 6 million people to participate by installing a free program and letting it run as a screen saver or while they use other programs. The computers linked processing power will perform like a supercomputer to calculate answers to researchers questions. ``We have the opportunity here to turn your screen saver into a lifesaver, which is a lot better than flying toasters,'' said Graham Richards, a project organizer and head of Oxford University's chemistry department. Organizers say the machines' combined processing powers will be 10 times more powerful than existing supercomputers. With a price tag of $1 million, the program is about 100 times cheaper than existing supercomputers. ``That will enable us to ask questions and hopefully answer questions that people have never considered attacking just because the computing requirements were outside the realm of possibilities,'' said Intel chief executive Craig Barrett, whose father died of cancer and whose son and grandson have successfully battled the disease. The program, developed by co-sponsor United Devices Inc., analyzes how billions of small molecules interact with proteins. One protein that is analyzed by the program has been identified as critical in the growth of leukemia. A small molecule that shuts down its growth could lead to a treatment. Depending on how many people participate, the time required to develop new drugs could be cut to as little as five years from the current 12 years, researchers say. All information transmitted to and from the program is encrypted and has a digital signature to ensure no bogus commands or bad data are processed on users' computers, organizers said. It is not the first time distributed computing has been used in the name of science. Since 1999, nearly 3 million Internet users have taken part in an effort to analyze radio signals for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. On the Net: Intel's philanthropy site: intel.com United Devices: ud.com