How life begins: Egg, sperm, and a covert team of proteins
AlphaFold revealed a trio of sperm proteins enables fertilization by binding to egg proteins. The mechanism works in zebrafish and humans.
AlphaFold reveals how sperm and egg hook up in intimate detail
AlphaFold predicted that three sperm proteins work together to form a complex. Two of these proteins were previously known to be important for fertility. Pauli and her colleagues then confirmed that the third is also critical for fertility in both zebrafish and mice, and that the three proteins interact with one another.
Sperm unlocks egg with the help of 3 hidden protein matchmakers, reveals AI
The researchers employed the artificial intelligence tool AlphaFold to uncover how sperm proteins interact at the molecular level.
Sperm Can’t Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key
Using Google’s AlphaFold, researchers identified the bundle of three sperm proteins that seem to make sexual reproduction possible.
Scientists Show How Sperm and Egg Come Together Like a Key in a Lock at the Beginning of Life
Scientists have pinpointed how sperm and egg join to spark new life across the animal kingdom, from fish to people
Scientists discover how a sperm and egg fuse together like a 'lock and key'
Scientists have discovered how a sperm and an egg fuse together, in a way that resembles a ‘lock and key’. New research focuses on the mechanism that connects the two types of cells across vertebrates in the animal kingdom.
Proteins on sperm form a 'key' allowing it to fuse with an egg, new study finds
I was a beta tester for the Nobel prize-winning AlphaFold AI—it's going to revolutionize health research
The deep learning machine AlphaFold, which was created by Google's AI research lab DeepMind, is already transforming our ...
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The huge protein database that spawned AlphaFold and biology’s AI revolution
Pioneering crystallographer Helen Berman helped to set up the massive collection of protein structures that underpins the ...
AI wins another Nobel, this time in Chemistry: Google DeepMinders Hassabis and Jumper awarded for AlphaFold
Google DeepMinders Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were awarded half the prize alongside David Baker of the University of ...
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper scoop Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold
It has been a big week for Nobel Prizes in the world of artificial intelligence. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today ...
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Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI
DeepMind cofounder and CEO Demis Hassabis and director John Jumper will share half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their ...
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The Journey to a Nobel Prize: A Protein Design and Structure Research Timeline
About 50 years ago, biologists set out to solve the protein-folding problem. The road to the Nobel victory has been arduous ...
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AlphaFold Wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
AlphaFold is a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) system that can accurately predict the structure of proteins.
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The Nobel Prizes this year are an AI bonanza
The 2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry have brought artificial intelligence (AI) to the center stage of science like ...
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DeepMind uses AI to tackle neglected deadly diseases
Scientists spend years in laboratories mapping protein structures. But last year, DeepMind's AlphaFold program was able to ...