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Creating a protein structure database

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.

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

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.

Creating a protein structure database