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AlphaFold and the architecture that cracked protein structure

AlphaFold didn't accelerate biology by running faster experiments. It changed the engineering assumptions behind protein ...
Purdue University

Deep learning, 3D technology to improve structure modeling for protein interactions, create better drugs

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Proteins are often called the working molecules of the human body. A typical body has more than 20,000 different types of proteins, each of which are involved in many functions ...

For certain life-essential proteins in E. coli, repair is more likely

Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can ...
Yahoo

Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Although the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry are ...

Scientists Created Hydrogel ‘Micromachines’ That Could Revolutionize Medicine

The extracellular matrix, a complex 3D structure made of proteins and sugars, is essential for healing wounds and homeostasis ...
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Structure of protein from the visual cycle (RBP3) is solved

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...
The Victoria Advocate

Professor Niazi Challenges the 2024 Chemistry Nobel Prize that the 3D Protein Structure cannot be predicted, refuting claims of Rosetta and AlphaFold

CHICAGO, April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sarfaraz K. Niazi, an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, today filed a petition against the Nobel Prize Foundation for the selection of ...
The Conversation

An AI tool for predicting protein shapes could be transformative for medicine, but it challenges science’s need for proof

Samuel McKee does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...