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Can gamers solve flu epidemics?

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Can gamers solve flu epidemics?

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FoldIt, the protein forming game, has been a huge success. Seth Cooper, shares some exciting new spin off ideas that could help scientists in labs, including a new approach to dealing with the flu.

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