Google's AlpaFold 3

• AlphaFold by Deepmind, Google’s AI lab, which is an AI model that predicts protein structures from sequences, a once impossible task.
• Model Enhancement: AlphaFold 3, the latest version, can now predict interactions among almost all molecules essential to life
• A Big Step: “AlphaFold 3 is the next iteration of AlphaFold models that took on and solved one of biology's toughest problems: predicting the structure of proteins from their amino acid sequence.” - Axios

The Future of Drug Development

• The FDA noted a significant uptick in drug and biologic application submissions that incorporate AI/ML, with over 100 in 2021 alone.
• AI can process massive quantities of data, identify key trends, and predict potential outcomes. All three of these capabilities could drastically improve drug development.
• Startups like Xaira Therapeutics, which use AI to develop drugs on the backs of massive biological data sets are raising billions

A Step Further

• AI's Role in Biology: AI is transforming biology from a science to an engineering discipline, creating new possibilities in medicine.
• In fact “More than 2,000 gene therapies and modified cell therapies are currently under development, along with 800-plus non-genetically modified cell therapies, according to the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy” - Danaher
• A future will exist when drugs can be programmed and tested all via computer