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Google.org awards $2.3 million USD to University of Toronto researchers to advance AI-powered peptide drug discovery

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Google.org awarded University of Toronto researchers US$2.3 million to develop OpenPep, an open database and AI model for finding peptides that may bind to target proteins. The team plans to test peptides against as many as 500 disease-relevant proteins, then use the results to train models that predict binding. Researchers will also invite suggestions for targets, including those linked to cancer, rare diseases and neurodegeneration.