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WSJ - 3/30/2020 I dunno...I think I already know where all the cool kids hang out... Researchers Unleash More Computing Power Against Coronavirus Other supercomputing projects are taking a backseat as the sector turns to prioritizing treatments and vaccines for Covid-19 The Texas Advanced Computing ...

We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s – and how to stop it A. DOWSETT, PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY By Debora MacKenzie If you bled when you brushed your teeth this morning, you might want to get that seen to. We may finally have found the long-elusive cause of Alzheimer’s disea...

Researchers Find Herpes Viruses In Brains Marked By Alzheimer's Disease June 21, 201811:16 AM ET Jon Hamilton Several circular herpes virus particles are seen near a cell membrane. Roseola herpes virus causes a childhood illness marked by skin rashes and now has been found in brains with Alzheimer's...

Infectious Theory Of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Interest September 9, 20187:30 AM ET Bret Stetka The search for the cause of Alzheimer's has so far come up dry. Some researchers are now asking if germs play a role. Ariel Davis for NPR Dr. Leslie Norins is willing to hand over $1 million of his ...

Playing straight guy again, what might this development mean for us at F@H...? Protein-folding simulations sped up By modeling biological molecules over longer timescales, a new algorithm can help better understand diseases like Alzheimer's Date: December 5, 2017 Source: American Institute of Physi...

Biotech’s Breakthrough Year Medical advances are accelerating, and even the FDA approves. By The Editorial Board Dec. 29, 2017 6:55 p.m. ET Pay attention only to politics and you might think 2017 was a parade of horribles, yet most Americans saw their living standards rise and business innovations a...

Good article, and informative....

...so then, to play not-too-serious "straight guy," if this particular problem is "solved," are we (F@H) old news?....is our work still relevant? Why are we still doing what we're doing...?
(...not that I'm going to quit anytime soon...)

--T

....and so we fold.... New Skin for 7-Year-Old Boy Marks Advance in Gene Therapy By Amy Dockser Marcus Nov. 8, 2017 1:00 p.m. ET Researchers transplanted genetically modified skin onto a boy with a life-threatening genetic disorder. The skin now covers approximately 80% of his epidermis Epidermolysi...

How HIV Became a Cancer Cure The immunologist behind the revolutionary new treatment set to win approval from the FDA. By Allysia Finley Aug. 18, 2017 5:34 p.m. ET Philadelphia When Ben Franklin proposed in 1749 what eventually became the University of Pennsylvania, he called for an academy to teach...

This may be a re-print, but here goes...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-08-c ... eimer.html

From Leonardo..."...especially in social gatherings, where I can hear someone all the way across a room or hall but can't understand the person next to me...."

My wife complains it only seems to be her that I can't hear...or choose not to hear.

OK, so someone else finished the WU...I'll check a few thing on my machine, then this is me forgetting about it.
Thanks, all....

--T

[18:13:18] Initial: F656; + 1542921 bytes downloaded [18:13:18] Verifying core Core_15.fah... [18:13:18] Signature is VALID [18:13:18] [18:13:18] Trying to unzip core FahCore_15.exe [18:13:18] Decompressed FahCore_15.exe (4618752 bytes) successfully [18:13:23] + Core successfully engaged [18:13:29]...

No big thing, man.
It's just the computer geek's version of staring into a campfire.

Men have been doing since....well, since forever....or since fire.
...and men will keep doing it until...well, until the wife catches 'em and makes 'em take out the garbage.

I am a recovering GIMP. Loved the project, and huge primes appealed to my inner (recovering) mathematician. After awhile, the processing requirements for finding new primes got to be far and away larger than anything I had (or was likely to have) in the stable, so it was time to look for a new proje...