Biotech & Genetics · Recorded milestone
Computational protein design
Recorded year2003
Software designs proteins never seen in nature, starting with Top7 in 2003; the field won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Led to
- Synthetic nutrient locks for engineered cellsRecorded · 2015enables
- Computationally designed drug reaches FDA reviewRecorded · 2026influences
- AI-designed proteins in industryForecast · ~2027enables
- Year-long wrinkle injectionsForecast · ~2030enables
- Medical nanorobotsForecast · ~2032enables
- Cellular heredity using an XNA backboneForecast · ~2060enables
- Designer enzymes for all reactionsForecast · ~2081enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.