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Polish scientists develop ultra-fast protein analysis tool for large-scale biology research

Polish scientists have developed a new bioinformatics tool capable of analysing millions of protein sequences significantly faster than existing methods while maintaining high accuracy, a breakthrough researchers say could accelerate studies of evolution, protein function and drug discovery.

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