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Fátima Al-Shahrour

Head of the Bioinformatics Unit at the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)

The Nobel Prize awarded to Baker, Hassabis and Jumper is certainly a well-deserved recognition and highlights among other things the great potential of computational capabilities to solve scientific questions. Their recent contributions have radically transformed the field of structural biology by accelerating, among other things, research in drug design. It is not possible to live this moment without being amazed to see that what used to involve years of research can now be obtained with a simple click, although behind that click there are also many years of research and work. Today is undoubtedly the demonstration with the greatest impact of the use of artificial intelligence that solves one of the most complex issues in biology. It is also a recognition of the area of computational biology and bioinformatics, which in my opinion will continue to transform scientific research.

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