ud.com (Cancer Research Project)

We all know around us someone who has/had cancer, or even worse, someone who has died of cancer. Well, my Godmother, among the people I know who had it, died some 10 years ago. She had a breast cancer that was operated upon and treated with the usual cocktail of drugs and radiation. As far as I can remember, she had a pretty bad last years of her life, living in pain and discomfort. A few years ago I heard of UD.com, a scientific website that offered a radically new way of helping research. The problem with research and particularly cancer and genetic research is that you have to apply ... more

Cancer is a terrible disease. 1 in 4 people will suffer from it in their lifetimes. As of yet, there is no cure, and treatment and research is very expensive. The disease is terrible, and my deepest sympathies go out to anybody that is, or knows somebody suffering. I have recently lost a close relative to the disease, and I can assure you that it is not nice. With 1 in 4 people suffering, I wouldn't be surprised if everybody reading this knows somebody who is/has suffered the disease. This makes drug research a priority. Many people cannot afford to regularly give to cancer research charities ... more

One in four of us will at some time suffer from cancer. The high mortality rate, the suffering experienced by patients from the side effects of existing treatments, and the high costs of treatment all contribute to making cancer a priority for drug research. A New Way to Help A landmark research project has begun that allows people to make a real difference in the fight against cancer. This is no regular donation request: a participant is never asked to open a checkbook or volunteer time. The Intel-United Devices Cancer Research Project is asking you to volunteer your PC to help process ... more

I apologize for my english, but i'm italian and i subscribed to ciao.com UK only to post this message. I have known since some month ago the website ud.com, and I must say that it is surely one of the more innovative ideas, useful and important that I have found on the net. I explain to you how it works: The United Devices (company of software) and the Oxford' s University have joined entirety in order to develop one of the better utility for the research against the cancer. The university of Oxford in fact, is one of the search centers more is left over to you in the medical search and in the ... more