Protein structure prediction is the most crucial part of drug designing and understanding how life works. DeepMind’s AlphaFold was initiated to understand protein structure at its best. In a Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) contest, AlphaFold competed against 100 competitors and scored 87 while 2nd top competitor was at 75. This was a remarkable achievement in computational biology. It will help create new vaccines and medicine quickly, with the least side effects if success goes on. Read more

November, 2020