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ReviewPrecision clinical medicine2025

AlphaFold 3: an unprecedent opportunity for fundamental research and drug development.

Ziqi Fang, Hongbiao Ran, YongHan Zhang, Chensong Chen, Ping Lin, Xiang Zhang, Min Wu

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Review in Precision clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Foldify: Web Application for Protein Structure Prediction.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ziqi FangSchool of Medical Information Engineering, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China.
Hongbiao RanRNA Research and Drug Discovery Center, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325000, China.
YongHan ZhangRNA Research and Drug Discovery Center, Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325000, China.
Chensong ChenThe Joint Research Center, Affiliated Xiangshan Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo 315000, China.
Ping LinIntegrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (Chongqing) Science City, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
Xiang ZhangSchool of Medical Information Engineering, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China.
Min WuSchool of Medical Information Engineering, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AlphaFold3 (AF3), as the latest generation of artificial intelligence model jointly developed by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, has been widely heralded in the scientific research community since its launch. With unprecedented accuracy, the AF3 model may successfully predict the structure and interactions of virtually all biomolecules, including proteins, ligands, nucleic acids, ions, etc. By accurately simulating the structural information and interactions of biomacromolecules, it has shown great potential in many aspects of structural prediction, mechanism research, drug design, protein engineering, vaccine development, and precision therapy. In order to further understand the characteristics of AF3 and accelerate its promotion, this article sets out to address the development process, working principle, and application in drugs and biomedicine, especially focusing on the intricate differences and some potential pitfalls compared to other deep learning models. We explain how a structure-prediction tool can impact many research fields, and in particular revolutionize the strategies for designing of effective next generation vaccines and chemical and biological drugs.

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AlphaFold3artificial intelligencebiomedical researchdrug designstructure prediction

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PMID40799364
PMCPMC12342994

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