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<p>Docking@Home was a <a href="/facts/Volunteer_computing/YkXGa3N8">volunteer computing</a> project hosted by the <a href="/facts/University_of_Delaware/qhyh9tc3">University of Delaware</a> and running on the <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing/RPaqqojG">Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC)</a> software platform. It models <a href="/facts/Protein/Jxmagu3E">protein</a>-<a href="/facts/Ligand_(biochemistry)/44QLL4eU">ligand</a> <a href="/facts/Docking_(molecular)/IKzf94wQ">docking</a> using the <a href="/facts/CHARMM/BLqPn6xu">CHARMM</a> program. Volunteer computing allows an extensive search of protein-ligand docking conformations and selection of near-native ligand conformations are achieved by using ligand based hierarchical clustering. The ultimate aim was the development of new <a href="/facts/Pharmaceutical_drug/h9mhwWP2">pharmaceutical drugs</a>. </p><p>The project was retired on May 23, 2014. </p>