Artificial Intelligence Linked to A Major Scientific Breakthrough

Until the AlphaFold program, only a quarter of human proteins have been used for medicines, Thornton added. Therefore, this new program offers a great opportunity to create new medicines.

“Proteins are extremely complicated molecules and their precise three-dimensional structure is key to the many roles they perform, for example, the insulin that regulates sugar levels in our blood and the antibodies that help us fight infections,” explained John Moult from CASP14.

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“Even tiny rearrangements of these vital molecules can have catastrophic effects on our health, so one of the most efficient ways to understand diseases and find new treatments is to study the proteins involved,” he added.

According to the researchers, “There are tens of thousands of human proteins and many billions in other species, including bacteria and viruses, but working out the shape of just one requires expensive equipment and can take years.”

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According to Demis Hassabis, DeepMind’s co-founder and chief executive officer, the main goal is to achieve the maximal positive societal impact with these new technologies. They still don’t know whether they will give academic researchers access to their software, or whether they will opt for commercial collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

However, there’s still a lot of work to be done, but these findings can change the world of science.

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