But I chose to fight cancer...

[arctifox]

Hello Folding Forum. I have a question. When I started folding I chose to support research on cancer, but I'm getting a project (Project 9752) that judging by description has nothing to do with it.

[Joe_H]

Welcome to the folding support forum.

The disease preference setting is only a preference, not a guarantee that you will get WU's for only that disease. In FAHControl they have an explanation that goes further than the one given in the Web Control:

If you prefer to support a particular cause you may specify this preference here. This does not guarantee that all of your computing resources will go towards the specified cause.

Not all servers and projects specify a cause. In many cases the projects research is applicable to more than one disease. For instance, the project you mention is listed as unspecified. But one aspect it touches on for instance is neuropathic pain which happens to be a common side effect from diabetes and chemotherapy among other causes. For me that is an important connection to cancer, though I was successfully treated for cancer just over 5 years ago, I still experience peripheral neuropathy pain in my feet.

[arctifox]

Joe_H, thank you for your reply.