Google-owned DeepMind cracks 50-year-old ‘protein folding problem’
DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Google, has solved a 50-year-old problem in biology. DeepMind’s AI system, AlphaFold, cracked the so-called ‘protein folding problem’ – figuring out how a protein’s amino acid sequence dictates its 3D atomic structure. A protein’s structure is closely linked with its function, and the ability to predict its structure unlocks … Read more