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Published online 21 October 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021014-14

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Together PCs forecast fold

Many computers make light work of predicting protein shape.

Thousands of PCs have together solved a long-standing biological puzzle: how a protein gets in shape. The technique may help tackle Alzheimer's and other diseases related to how proteins fold up into their functional form.

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