DeepMind’s AlphaFold AI Reveals Much of the Protein Universe; More Than 200 Million Structures Predicted; Seminal Work Expected to Speed Science Progress; Expert Calls It “Momentous Advance”

On July 28, 2022, a news article describing a revolutionary step forward was published in Nature. The article is titled “The Entire Protein Universe: AI Predicts Shape of Nearly Every Known Protein--DeepMind’s AlphaFold Tool Has Determined the Structures of Around 200 Million Proteins.” In recognition of this great achievement, DeepMind CEO and Co-Founder Demis Hassabis, PhD, wrote the following in a news release.