DeepMind’s AlphaFold has predicted the structures of nearly every protein in the human body, a major advance that could accelerate drug discovery and our understanding of diseases..
The company said on Wednesday that AlphaFold had predicted the structures of more than 98% of the human proteome, or around 200 million proteins. This is a significant increase from the 35% of the human proteome that AlphaFold had predicted in 2021..
The new data is being made available through the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database, which was launched last year. Researchers can use the database to search for the structures of specific proteins, or to browse the entire human proteome..
DeepMind said that the new data will help researchers to understand the function of proteins and how they interact with each other. This could lead to the development of new drugs and treatments for a wide range of diseases..
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