Foldit Gamers FTW

Hank tells us how some gamers are outperforming sophisticated computer programs to help solve the puzzle of protein folding and to assist scientists in finding better treatments for HIV/AIDS, cancer, and Alzheimer's.

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Play Foldit! http://fold.it/portal/
Read more about the Foldit project:
Foldit Gamers Solve AIDS Puzzle That Baffled Scientists for a Decade - http://dft.ba/-1ACY
Foldit Gamers Solve Riddle of HIV Enzyme within 3 weeks - http://dft.ba/-1ACZ

Credits:
Produced by Hank Green
Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino
Cinematography: Nick Jenkins
Video Editor: Matt Ferguson
Graphics: Amber Bushnell
Written by: Jesslyn Shields

TAGS: foldit, gamer, video game, computer, protein, spatial relationships, spatial reasoning, protein, amino acid, enzyme, HIV, AIDS, cancer, Alzheimer's, scishow, dose, hank green

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• foldit
• gamer
• video game
• computer
• protein
• spatial relationships
• spatial reasoning
• amino acid
• enzyme
• HIV
• AIDS
• cancer
• Alzheimer's
• scishow
• dose
• hank green
• for the win
• FTW

[BigGreenMonk]

Silly Hank...Hot Pocket's can't be digested

[foreverwantingpie]

You're such a cute nerdddd <3

[Glaswalker1001]

@dtwpurple13 that would be the cure for AIDS and It is a hoax.... you can get anything patented and write what you want into the description to protect it from beeing copyed.^^

[dtwpurple13]

the cure for cancer is already a patent. patent # : 5676977 google it.

[Sebastian1011]

Who else here came for the Hot Pocket?

[gablison]

can you do primate and human evolution?

[Syxzero]

I don't know if its quite your thing, but maybe you could do an episode on Schizophrenia? :)

[MrEliiz]

damn, cant stop watching these...im suppoused to sleep, got work in like 5 hourhs >.<

[Skate2400]

The hot pocket bursted out of my butt hole!! and now im bleeding profusely

[nisbahmumtaz909]

@Pankomputerek

Are you serious?

You are saving the goddamn world.

If you expect more of a prize than the raw satisfaction of contributing to society, then you must be pretty greedy.

Let's face it. Video gamers have it really nice already. Just leave the prize for those who need it, or for funding of the R&D process.

[ajaxtaur]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. I just felt twenty years of depression from playing too many videos games leave through a powerful, world-shattering fart.

[TonyDCaver]

Win