It’s a fundamental question that’s gone unanswered for decades: How do proteins, one of the building blocks of life itself, correctly fold themselves into the proper shape time after time?

Researchers at DeepMind, Google’s artificial-intelligence-focused sibling, believe they’ve now cracked the code, with a computer model that can translate a chain of amino acids into a 3D structure—providing a better understanding of the biological functions that follow form and delivering a breakthrough that promises to change the path of medical research. Source: Fierce Biotech 30/11/2020