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=== Human Proteome Folding Project, phase 1 ===
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The [[IBM]]-sponsored ''Human Proteome Folding Project'' ("HPF"), phase 1, was announced on November 16, 2004 and was completed July 3, 2006.  The project operated simultaneously on both grid.org and the IBM's [[World Community Grid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grid.org/projects/hpf/about.htm|title=About The Human Proteome Folding Project|publisher=grid.org|year=2004|accessdate=2006-08-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623043412/http://www.grid.org/projects/hpf/about.htm|archivedate=2007-06-23}}</ref>

It made use of the "Rosetta" software to predict the structure of human proteins in order to help predict the function of proteins.  This information may someday be used to help cure a variety of diseases and genetic defects.

According to an announcement on the grid.org forums,<ref name="Grid.org Status 10 Jul 2006">{{cite web|url=http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19636|title=Grid.org Status|date=2006-07-10|publisher=grid.org forums|first=Robby|last=Brewer|accessdate=2006-08-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206020142/http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19636|archivedate=2006-12-06}}</ref> after the HPF1 project was completed it was left to continue running on grid.org until August 9, 2006.<ref name="Take responsibility">{{cite web|url=http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19709|title=Take responsibility|date=2006-07-17|publisher=grid.org forums|accessdate=2006-08-20}}{{deadlink|date=December 2016}}</ref>  During that time, members whose computers were configured to run this project got new work and spent computing resources calculating a result, but the result was returned to grid.org for points only—it was not used for scientific research.

The status of the Human Proteome Folding Project caused some discussion on the grid.org forums. Most members wanted to see all available computing power directed toward the still-active cancer project,<ref name="Take responsibility"/> but UD representative Robby Brewer asserted that "some [users] like the screensaver".<ref name="Grid.org Status 10 Jul 2006"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19928|title=Grid.org status|date=2006-08-21|publisher=grid.org forums|first=Robby|last=Brewer|accessdate=2006-08-20|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206020132/http://forum.grid.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=19928|archivedate=2006-12-06}}</ref> As noted above, in the end the redundant HPF1 work on grid.org was halted.<ref name="Take responsibility"/>