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This article reflects on five years of AlphaFold's impact since solving the protein structure prediction problem in 2020, recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
•AlphaFold 2 predicted protein 3D structures from amino acid sequences at CASP14 2020, solving a 50-year-old biological grand challenge
•The AlphaFold Protein Database, launched with EMBL-EBI in 2021, covers over 200 million protein structures and has been used by 3 million+ researchers in 190+ countries
•Real-world applications include revealing apolipoprotein B100's structure for heart disease research and guiding honeybee conservation breeding programs
•AlphaFold has been cited in 35,000+ papers; researchers using it see a 40%+ increase in novel experimental protein structure submissions
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AlphaFold 3, developed with Isomorphic Labs, predicts structures and interactions of proteins, DNA, RNA, and ligands, enabling holistic drug discovery
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