Machine learning algorithms are fast surpassing human abilities in multiple tasks, from image recognition to medical diagnostics. Now, machine learning algorithms have been shown to be capable of accurately predicting the folded structures of proteins.
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Clementi, C. Fast track to structural biology. Nat. Chem. 13, 1032–1034 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00814-y
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