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AI instruments that assist researchers design new proteins have resulted in a growth in designer molecules. Nevertheless, these proteins are being churned out quicker than they are often made and examined in labs.
To beat this, a number of protein-design competitions have popped up, with the intention of sifting out the purposeful from the fantastical. However whereas contests have helped drive key scientific advances prior to now, it is unclear methods to determine which issues to sort out and the way greatest to pick winners objectively.
That is an audio model of our Characteristic: AI has dreamt up a blizzard of recent proteins. Do any of them really work?
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