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AlphaFold 'Goes Viral': Database Adds Protein Complexes of Common Viruses

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Nature, Published online: 24 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03022-1AI predictions could help with pandemic preparedness, but they will need experimental confirmation.

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The UK-based Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has released to the public more than 8,000 protein complexes belonging to 23 virus families, including mpox, measles, and hepatitis B, developed by its AI tool AlphaFold2.

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Nvidia, Google DeepMind and the European Institute of Bioinformatics of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-EBI) used artificial intelligence to create an open set of protein structures of more than 2,800 viruses, with the aim of accelerating the scientific response to future health outbreaks or pandemics. The information, available...

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AI-predicted protein structures for thousands of viruses added to AlphaFold database

Nvidia and Google DeepMind expand AlphaFold database with 1.8 million protein complex predictions covering 2,800 viruses to accelerate pandemic

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Nature broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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