What is AlphaFold and why does it matter for drug discovery?
AlphaFold predicts the three-dimensional shape a protein folds into from its amino acid sequence — a problem biologists worked on for decades. This matters for drug discovery because knowing a protein's exact shape is the essential first step toward designing molecules that can bind to it effectively.
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Hassabis Left DeepMind's Day-to-Day to Build the Drug Engine Beyond AlphaFoldDemis Hassabis stepped back from running DeepMind to lead Isomorphic Labs full-time, where a $2.1 billion bet is turning AlphaFold into actual drugs.
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