Current Affairs - Technology - Discussion

Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper were recognized for their groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction, particularly with the development of AlphaFold2, an AI-driven system introduced in 2020. AlphaFold2 revolutionized the ability to predict how amino acid sequences fold into three-dimensional structures, solving a long-standing challenge in structural biology. This innovation has vast applications in drug discovery, biotechnology, and the understanding of diseases, as it provides insight into nearly every known protein structure.