# AI revolutions in biology: The joys and perils of AlphaFold

Article · Perrakis A, Sixma TK

- Archive id: doi:10.15252/embr.202154046
- Published: 2021-10-20
- Venue: EMBO reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202154046
- PMID: 34668287
- PMCID: PMC8567224
- Citations: 147
- Source URL: https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202154046
- PDF: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8567224/pdf
- Provenance: europepmc

## Abstract

AlphaFold is the most ground-breaking application of AI in science so far; it will revolutionize structural biology, but caution is warranted.

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Topics: [AI Protein Design & Structure Prediction](https://space-kitty.com/topics/protein-design)

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