Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a way to generate synthetic proteins using Artificial Intelligence. The new approach has huge potential for developing efficient industrial enzymes as well as new protein-based medicine, such as antibodies and vaccines. Image: Pixabay/Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology. Credit: Pixabay/Yen Strandqvist, Chalmers University of Technology

Artificial Intelligence is now capable of generating novel, functionally active proteins, thanks to recently published work by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

“What we are now able to demonstrate offers fantastic potential for a number of future applications, such as faster and more cost-efficient development of protein-based drugs,” says Aleksej Zelezniak, Associate Professor at the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering at Chalmers.

Proteins are large, complex molecules that play a crucial role in all living cells, building, modifying, and breaking down other molecules naturally inside our cells. They are also widely used in industrial processes and products, and in our daily lives.

Protein-based drugs are very common — the diabetes drug insulin is one of the most prescribed. Some of the most expensive and effective cancer medicines are also protein-based, as well as the antibody formulas currently being used to treat COVID-19.

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