AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature.
MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence to design new proteins that go beyond those found in nature.
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Over the past two years, machine learning has revolutionized protein structure prediction. Now, three papers in Science describe a similar revolution in protein design.
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