AI Systems Discovers Blueprints for Artificial Proteins

A team of researchers from the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago has recently succeeded in the creation of an AI system that can create entirely new, artificial proteins by analyzing stores of big data. Proteins are macromolecules essential for the construction of tissues in living things, and critical to the life of cells in general. Proteins are used by cells as chemical catalysts to make various chemical reactions occur and to carry out complex tasks. If scientists can figure out how to reliably engineer artificial proteins, it could open the door to new ways of carbon capturing, new methods of harvesting energy, and new disease treatments. Artificial proteins have the power to dramatically alter the world we live in.