DeepMind found the structure of nearly every protein known to science

DeepMind is releasing a free expanded database with its predictions of the structure of nearly every protein known to science, the company, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, announced today. DeepMind transformed science in 2020 with its AlphaFold AI software, which produces highly accurate predictions of the structures of proteins -- information that can help scientists understand how they work, which can help treat diseases and develop medications. It first started publicly releasing AlphaFold's predictions last summer through a database built in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). That initial set included 98 percent of all human proteins. Now, the database is expanding to over 200 million structures, "covering almost every organism on Earth that has had its genome sequenced," DeepMind said in a statement.