Harnessing the power of AI, a research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research has launched Viro3D —the most comprehensive database of human and animal virus protein structure predictions in the world.

The free and searchable AI-powered database offers a completely new, in-depth perspective on viruses, allowing us to quickly learn more about their origins and evolution.

Although virus particles are the most abundant biological entities on our planet, these tiny structures remain among the least well-understood. Insights into the key protein structures within viruses have, until now, only been achieved through slow and laborious research work, a pace that has impacted our ability to develop treatments and vaccines at speed.