{"id":23191,"date":"2024-05-09T08:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23191"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:30:04","slug":"alphafold3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alphafold3\/","title":{"rendered":"AlphaFold3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About AlphaFold3:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a new <strong>AI model<\/strong> developed by <strong>Google DeepMind<\/strong> and Isomorphic Labs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is a revolutionary model that can <strong>predict the structure and interactions<\/strong> of all <strong>life\u2019s molecules<\/strong> with unprecedented accuracy and even it mapped the behaviour for all of life&#8217;s molecules, including human <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/dna\/\" target=\"_blank\">DNA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It can generate molecules&#8217; joint 3D structure, revealing how they all fit together.<\/li>\n<li>It models large biomolecules such as <strong>proteins, DNA and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/rna\/\" target=\"_blank\">RNA<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> as well as small molecules, also known as ligands \u2014 a category encompassing many drugs.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, AlphaFold 3 can <strong>model chemical modifications<\/strong> to these molecules which control the healthy functioning of cells, that when disrupted can lead to disease.<\/li>\n<li>It assembles its predictions using a <strong>diffusion network<\/strong>, akin to those found in AI image generators.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It allows scientists to <strong>see cellular systems<\/strong> in all their complexity, across structures, interactions and modifications.<\/li>\n<li>This new window on the molecules of life reveals how they\u2019re all connected and <strong>helps understand<\/strong> how those connections affect biological functions \u2014 such as the <strong>actions of drugs<\/strong>, the production of hormones and the health-preserving <strong>process of DNA repair.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is DNA?<\/h3>\n<p>Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) is a set of instructions found in a cell.These instructions are used for the growth and development of an organism. The DNA of a person is unique, and variation in the sequence of DNA can be used to match individuals and identify them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/google-deepmind-unveils-next-generation-of-drug-discovery-ai-model\/article68156080.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AlphaFold3 is a new AI model developed by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}