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Re:Chemistry Nobel: Computational protein design and protein... by causal on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @12:24PM (#41789689)
I agree. For those not in biotech, protein folding has been the holy grail for a long time, and AlphaFold represents a huge leap forward. Not unlike trying to find a way to reduce NP to P in CS. A leap forward there would be huge, even if it came short of a complete solution.
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Re:Chemistry Nobel: Computational protein design and protein... by flobosg on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @12:54PM (#41790044)
> Let me get the most important question out of the way: is AlphaFold’s advance really significant, or is it more of the same? I would characterize their advance as roughly two CASPs in one

―https://moalquraishi.wordpress.com/2018/12/09/alphafold-casp...

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