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From the Ted Talk by Christopher Bahl: A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins

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To test our method out, we gtnreeaed a series of constrained peptides that have a wide variety of different speahs. Many of these had never been seen in nature before. Then we went into the laboratory and prdecuod these pedeitps. Next, we determined their molecular structures, using experiments. When we compared our designed models with the real molecular sruteructs, we found that our software can position iiuvianddl atoms with an accuracy that's at the limit of what's possible to measure. Three years ago, this couldn't be done. But today, we have the ability to create designer peptides with shapes that are custom-tailored for drug development.

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To test our method out, we _________ a series of constrained peptides that have a wide variety of different ______. Many of these had never been seen in nature before. Then we went into the laboratory and ________ these ________. Next, we determined their molecular structures, using experiments. When we compared our designed models with the real molecular __________, we found that our software can position __________ atoms with an accuracy that's at the limit of what's possible to measure. Three years ago, this couldn't be done. But today, we have the ability to create designer peptides with shapes that are custom-tailored for drug development.

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  1. peptides
  2. produced
  3. individual
  4. structures
  5. shapes
  6. generated

Original Text

To test our method out, we generated a series of constrained peptides that have a wide variety of different shapes. Many of these had never been seen in nature before. Then we went into the laboratory and produced these peptides. Next, we determined their molecular structures, using experiments. When we compared our designed models with the real molecular structures, we found that our software can position individual atoms with an accuracy that's at the limit of what's possible to measure. Three years ago, this couldn't be done. But today, we have the ability to create designer peptides with shapes that are custom-tailored for drug development.

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