Why did AlphaFold win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024?
In 2024, DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating AlphaFold, an AI system that predicts protein structures with remarkable accuracy. This breakthrough, highlighted by The Financial Times, has transformed biology by solving a 50-year challenge — understanding how proteins fold.
With over 200 million proteins decoded, AlphaFold is already speeding up drug discovery and genetic research. As Wired noted, it’s a game-changer for medicine and biotech. AI is no longer just a tool — it’s now a scientific partner.
