Breakthrough in <br />Artificial Intelligence, Could Revolutionize, the Fight Against Disease.<br />Proteins are the basic building blocks , of all living organisms.<br />Understanding protein structures is critical for , advancing medicine.<br />Until now, only a fraction of these structures had been mapped.<br />The BBC reports that researchers have now used , artificial intelligence, to identify 350,000 of those protein structures. .<br />Approximately 20,000 of these proteins are , expressed by the human genome.<br />They are referred to by biologists as the, proteome.<br />Researchers used an AI program called AlphaFold, developed by DeepMind Technologies.<br />DeepMind is a British artificial intelligence <br />subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. , The research laboratory was <br />acquired by Google in 2014. .<br />DeepMind is a British artificial intelligence <br />subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. , The research laboratory was <br />acquired by Google in 2014. .<br />It was able to make a confident prediction <br />of the structural positions for 58% <br />of the amino acids in the human proteome.<br />We believe this work represents the most significant contribution AI has made to advancing the state of scientific knowledge to date, Dr. Demis Hassabis, chief executive and co-founder of Deep Mind, via BBC.<br />According to the BBC, applications could include , the development of new drugs and treatments for disease.<br />designing more resilient crops that can survive, climate change.<br />or enzymes capable of breaking down, plastics.<br />The applications are limited <br />only by our understanding, Edith Heard, Director General of the <br />European Molecular Biology Laboratory, via BBC
