SCEI: Over one million PS3 units now registered to Folding@Home

Here’s some big news for the guys who’ve signed up for Standford’s  and Sony‘s Folding@Home project. The company is sending word that registered PS3 units for this shared computing project have exceeded the one million mark.

Details regarding this matter are in the full article.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has sent word that as of today, over one million PlayStation 3 owners have registered for Stanford UniversityÂ’s Folding@Home project.

Put another way, this means that around 3,000 PS3 users register for Folding@home per day since the service’s initial release last March 22, 2007.

Here’s an explanation for the project if you’re a new owner: Folding@Home is a shared computer project that simulates the process of protein folding. This process is in turn hoped to help in the further research of protein anomaly-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s disease, and many forms of cancer.

In line with this another milestone, Stanford Associate Professor of Chemistry Vijay Pande had this to say:

Since partnering with SCEI, we have seen our research capabilities increase by leaps and bounds through the continued participation of Folding@Home users.

Now we have over one million PS3 users registered for Folding@Home, allowing us to address questions previously considered impossible to tackle computationally, with the goal of finding cures to some of the worldÂ’s most life-threatening diseases.

We are grateful for the extraordinary worldwide participation by PS3 and PC users around the globe.

Give yourself a pat on the back (and maybe a cold one) folks – we’re hoping this good news made your day.