Georgina Rannard at the BBC:
British computer scientist Professor Demis Hassabis has won a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for “revolutionary” work on proteins, the building blocks of life.
Prof Hassabis, 48, co-founded the artificial intelligence (AI) company that became Google DeepMind.
Professor John Jumper, 39, who worked with Prof Hassabis on the breakthrough, shares the award along with US-based Professor David Baker, 60.
Proteins are the building blocks of life and are found in every cell in the human body.
Better understanding proteins has driven huge breakthroughs in medicine. It is used in solving antibiotic resistance and to image enzymes that can decompose plastics.
Prof Hassabis said it was the “honour of a lifetime” to receive the Nobel.
“I’ve dedicated my whole life to working on AI because I believe in its potential to change the world,” he said in a press conference on Wednesday.
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