= Genome@home
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Genome@home was a distributed computing project aimed at analyzing the human genome and related biological processes. It allowed volunteers to contribute their personal computer processing power to help researchers perform complex computations necessary for genomic analysis, including tasks such as protein folding, simulation of molecular interactions, and other bioinformatics research. The project was similar in concept to other distributed computing initiatives, like SETI@home, wherein users would download a client application to their computers that would run analyses in the background while utilizing idle CPU power.
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