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Subsidiary of Alphabet
Isomorphic Labs Limited
[1] is a
London -based company which uses
artificial intelligence for
drug discovery .
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[3]
[4] Isomorphic Labs was founded by
Demis Hassabis , who also serves the CEO.
[5]
[3] The company was incorporated on February 4, 2021 and announced on November 5, 2021.
[2]
[6] It was established under
Alphabet Inc. as a spin-off from its AI research lab
DeepMind , of which Hassabis is also founder and CEO.
[2]
[3]
[6]
The company draws upon DeepMind's
AlphaFold technology, which can be used to predict protein structures in the human body with high accuracy, allowing its researchers to find new target pathways for
drug delivery .
[6]
[7]
In December 2022, Isomorphic Labs announced its second office location in
Lausanne, Switzerland .
[6]
[8]
In January 2024, Isomorphic Labs partnered with
Novartis AG and
Eli Lilly and Company to work together on AI drug discovery and research.
[9]
In May 2024, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs announced the release of
AlphaFold 3 , freely available on the AlphaFold server for non-commercial research. AlphaFold 3 is not limited to predicting how proteins fold, it can also predict the interactions with molecules typically found in drugs such as
ligands or
antibodies , which is expected to significantly accelerate drug discovery.
[10]
References
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"ISOMORPHIC LABS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" .
Companies House . February 24, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2023 .
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c Shead, Sam (November 5, 2021).
"Google-parent Alphabet has set up a new lab that will use A.I. to try to discover new drugs" .
CNBC .
Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 9, 2021 .
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b
c Coldewey, Devin (November 4, 2021).
"Isomorphic Labs is Alphabet's play in AI drug discovery" .
TechCrunch . Retrieved August 23, 2022 .
^ Crist, Ry (November 4, 2021).
"Alphabet launches Isomorphic Labs, an AI-driven drug discovery startup" .
CNET .
^ Shead, Sam (November 5, 2021).
"Google-parent Alphabet has set up a new lab that will use A.I. to try to discover new drugs" . CNBC . Retrieved November 30, 2023 .
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d Criddle, Cristina; Johnston, Ian (December 3, 2022).
"DeepMind spin-off steps up effort to use AI to create new drugs" .
Financial Times .
Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2023 .
^ Quach, Katyanna (November 8, 2021).
"Alphabet launches new AI drug discovery startup, Isomorphic Labs, led by DeepMind CEO" .
The Register .
Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2023 .
^ Aaron Hurst (December 5, 2022).
"DeepMind spin-off Isomorphic Labs announces drug discovery scale plans" . Information Age .
^ Barton, Samantha (January 8, 2024).
"Alphabet's Isomorphic Labs to collaborate with Novartis, Lilly on AI-driven drug discovery" . Fortune .
^ Thomason, James (May 8, 2024).
"Google's AlphaFold 3 AI predicts the very building blocks of life" . VentureBeat . Retrieved May 9, 2024 .
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