# Google’s AI Technology Solved 50-Year-Old Grand Challenge in Biology

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/googles-ai-technology-solved-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology/
- Published: 2020-12-09T10:00:56-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Article by Erika P. Google’s AI technology company, DeepMind has made a breakthrough by solving one of the greatest biology challenges: the 3D structure of proteins from its amino-acid sequence. Called the AlphaFold, the DeepMind program outperformed approximately 100 teams in a biennial protein-structure prediction challenge called Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP). The results were announced on Monday, November 30, at the start of the conference that was held virtually. […] Click here to view original web page at www.sciencetimes.com