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30-Nov-2020 10:34 pm


One of Googles super computers called AlphaFold, specially built to solve protein folding problem, has solved the puzzle once and for all.

Those that remember running "Folding @ Home" in the 00s.

The problem was about calculating physical properties for 20 types of amino acids forming a chain and to predict how this chain will fold down. That required a lot of computation.

And now that it's solved, scientists can simulate proteins on computers for more research.

News/Details in link.
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https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology

30-Nov-2020 10:34 pm

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30-Nov-2020