Nation ‘Stunning advance’ on ‘protein folding’: A 50-year-old science problem solved and that could mean big things December 4, 2020 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Stunning advance’ on ‘protein folding’: A 50-year-old science problem solved and that could mean big things The protein folding finding could unlock new possibilities into disease understanding and drug discovery, among other fields, researchers say.