Technology
AlphaFold: Impact stories
Scientists are using AlphaFold to accelerate research in nearly every field of biology.
Over 2 million researchers in over 190 countries are using the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database to inform their research.
Up to 1 billion
Research years saved by AlphaFold database structures
Over 600,000
Users in low and middle income countries
21%
Of papers citing AlphaFold are related to the study of disease
Explore some of their stories
From building more effective malaria vaccines to breaking down single-use plastics, AlphaFold is helping scientists accelerate research in nearly every field of biology.
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Accelerating the fight against malaria
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Using AI to spot osteoporosis earlier
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Understanding faulty proteins
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Racing against drug-resistant bacteria
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Solving an extinction mystery
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Paving the way for potential Parkinson’s treatments
It normally takes four years to identify and characterise one of these small proteins. With the help of AlphaFold we managed 23 in a few months.
Professor Renier van der Hoorn
University of Oxford
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Solving one of biology’s greatest puzzles
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Breaking down plastic pollution
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Designing more effective drugs
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Increasing honeybees’ chances of survival
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Searching for life-changing medicines
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Tracing proteins back to origins of life
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Creating a protein structure database
AlphaFold has allowed us to take our project to the next level, from a fundamental science stage to the preclinical and clinical development stage.
Professor Matthew Higgins
Biochemist
AlphaFold tools
AlphaFold Database and Server are freely available to the scientific community.
