The project, led by Intel and United Devices, will allow you to participate by downloading a free, non-invasive software program that runs only when your computer is not being used and processes research until you are ready to use your computer again. The program is small and will not interfere with any of the regular computations. While it is still argued whether the program is completely risk free, this project allows you to donate your PC without having to give away the machine or changing your normal schedule of use. 

Participants are sent a unit of molecules over the Internet for their PC to analyze. Using the drug-design software called THINK, user PC's analyze the molecular data by creating a three-dimensional model and changing its shape (or conformation) to attempt to dock it into a protein site. When a conformation docks successfully and triggers an interaction with the protein, it registers as a "hit". These hits are what this research hinges on. Any one hit may be the one that will ultimately lead to a cure! All hits are recorded, ranked as to strength, and filed for the next stage of the project.

The Intel-United Devices Cancer Research Project is anticipated to be the largest computational chemistry project ever undertaken and would not be possible without the support of PC users like you.

courtesy Central Virginia Govenor's School and S.W. Bishop