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1. For what contribution were Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024?
Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper were recognized for their groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction, particularly with the development of AlphaFold2, an AI-driven system introduced in 2020. AlphaFold2 revolutionized the ability to predict how amino acid sequences fold into three-dimensional structures, solving a long-standing challenge in structural biology. This innovation has vast applications in drug discovery, biotechnology, and the understanding of diseases, as it provides insight into nearly every known protein structure.