Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins, life’s building blocks

Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins, life’s building blocks

By CHRISTINA LARSON, KELVIN CHAN and MANUEL VALDES LONDON — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday. Their work used advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs…