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David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper Win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Protein Research with AlphaFold2
Oct 9, 2024, 10:29 AM
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for their groundbreaking work in protein research. David Baker was recognized for his contributions to computational protein design, while Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were honored for their advancements in protein structure prediction using artificial intelligence. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Hassabis and Jumper's AI model, AlphaFold2, has significantly accelerated the process of predicting protein structures, which previously took years but now takes just minutes. This achievement has profound implications for the fields of biology and medicine, potentially revolutionizing drug discovery and other applications.
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