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AlphaFold’s Legacy Lives On | Science News

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Google DeepMind has quietly disbanded its AlphaFold team — the brainchild behind AI that cracked protein structure prediction, earning a Nobel Prize and revolutionizing biology. Though key members have moved on or left, scientists see this as a natural milestone: AlphaFold’s core mission is essentially complete, having solved what once took years in hours. Its legacy lives on through open-source tools empowering global research into diseases like Alzheimer’s and malaria, while new challenges in protein dynamics await. The science doesn’t pause — it evolves. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/77b2d00b1e774cdc

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