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Results for AlphaFold

AlphaFold: From Nobel Prize to drug-discovery gold mine?

AlphaFold , a machine learning model for predicting protein structure, is arguably one of the greatest achievements of AI so far. Whilst la...

Dr Rose Hughes - Monday, November 11, 2024

AlphaFold: From Nobel Prize to drug-discovery gold mine?

Reviewed by Dr Rose Hughes on Monday, November 11, 2024 Rating: 5

IP strategy for AI-assisted drug discovery

AI has been hailed as a potentially revolutionary tool for accelerating and enhancing the difficult and expensive process of drug discovery....

Dr Rose Hughes - Thursday, October 31, 2024

IP strategy for AI-assisted drug discovery

Reviewed by Dr Rose Hughes on Thursday, October 31, 2024 Rating: 5

DABUS: An AI inventor or the Emperor's New Clothes?

The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to ...

Dr Rose Hughes - Wednesday, September 15, 2021

DABUS: An AI inventor or the Emperor's New Clothes?

Reviewed by Dr Rose Hughes on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Rating: 5

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