This is where Foldit comes in.
Developed in 2008 by the University of Washington, it is a fun-for-purpose video game in which gamers, divided into competing groups, compete to unfold chains of amino acids - the building blocks of proteins - using a set of online tools.
To the astonishment of the scientists, the gamers produced an accurate model of the enzyme in just three weeks.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/online-gamers-crack-aids-enzyme-puzzle-20110919-1kgq2.html

Not strictly a gaming topic but even interesting to this non-gamer.

simply shows that scientists are't the only group with brain power. hopefully this innovation can and will be applied to other problems

Sounds like a certain Stargate franchise... :)