Canadian researchers have promised to squeeze "decades" of cancer research into just two years by harnessing the power of a global PC grid.

From ITNews:

"The team will use the grid to analyse the results of experiments on proteins using data collected by scientists at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute in Buffalo, New York. The researchers estimate that this analysis would take conventional computer systems 162 years to complete. Dr Jurisica anticipates that the analysis could be finished in one to two years..."