Nvidia-backed AI startup SandboxAQ creates new data to speed up drug discovery


FILE PHOTO: A NVIDIA logo is shown at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -SandboxAQ, an artificial intelligence startup spun out of Alphabet's Google and backed by Nvidia, on Wednesday released a trove of data it hopes will speed up the discovery of new medical treatments by helping scientists understand how drugs stick to proteins.

The goal is to help scientists predict whether a drug will bind to its target in the human body.

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