{"id":162073,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162073-deepmind-uncovers-structure-of-200m-proteins-in-scientific-leap-forward-by-linda-geddes-the-guardian","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162073","headline":"DeepMind uncovers structure of 200M proteins in scientific leap forward  - || by Linda Geddes :: The Guardian","content":"\u003cp\u003e\"Proteins are the building blocks of life, chains of amino acids that can twist and bend into a mind-boggling variety of shapes. Last year,\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://www.deepmind.com/\"\u003eDeepMind\u003c/a\u003e AI cracked a 50-year-old problem of protein folding and published the protein structures for 20 species – including nearly all 20,000 proteins expressed by humans. Now, it's \u003ca href=\"http://www.deepmind.com/research/highlighted-research/alphafold\"\u003eAlphafold\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;AI has finished the job, and released predicted structures for more than 200M proteins.... .. AI is paving the way for the development of new medicines or technologies to tackle global challenges such as famine or pollution\" \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/28/deepmind-uncovers-structure-of-200m-proteins-in-scientific-leap-forward\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImage Credit: DeepMind\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"\"Proteins are the building blocks of life, chains of amino acids that can twist and bend into a mind-boggling variety of shapes. Last year, DeepMind AI cracked a 50-year-old problem of protein folding and published the protein structures for 20 species – including nearly all 20,000 proteins expressed by humans. Now, it's Alphafold AI has finished the job, and released predicted structures for more than 200M proteins.... .. AI is paving the way for the development of new medicines or technologies to tackle global challenges such as famine or pollution\" Read moreImage Credit: DeepMind","published_at":"2022-07-31T02:36:04-07:00","updated_at":"2022-07-31T21:13:11-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Newsbytes on Kudos 365. View their photo published Jul/31/2022 on Public Interest. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/MmHpokkoRlm7Tkn5QF7e_From%20-%20deepmind-com-blog-alphafold-reveals-the-structure-of-the-protein-universe.webp?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":16,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"},{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/162073-deepmind-uncovers-structure-of-200m-proteins-in-scientific-leap-forward-by-linda-geddes-the-guardian","headline":"DeepMind uncovers structure of 200M proteins in scientific leap forward  - || by Linda Geddes :: The Guardian","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/MmHpokkoRlm7Tkn5QF7e_From%20-%20deepmind-com-blog-alphafold-reveals-the-structure-of-the-protein-universe.webp?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"datePublished":"2022-07-31T02:36:04-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":16}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}