AlphaFold is five years old – these charts show how it revolutionized science
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- AlphaFold2, developed by Google DeepMind, revolutionized protein structure prediction with highly accurate 3D models.
- Since its 2020 release, AlphaFold2 has been cited in nearly 40,000 journal articles, showing sustained scientific interest.
- The tool has helped researchers like Andrea Pauli solve complex biological problems, such as protein interactions in fertilization.
- AlphaFold2's accessibility and free availability have led to over 3.3 million users from 190+ countries accessing its database.
- The AI tool has significantly impacted structural biology, increasing protein structure submissions to the Protein Data Bank by 50%.
- John Jumper, co-developer of AlphaFold2, won half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this breakthrough.