It would not have a huge practical impact in the short term. There are many steps from figuring out protein folding to figuring out new, effective and safe drug

It would not have a huge practical impact in the short term. There are many steps from figuring out protein folding to figuring out new, effective and safe drugs. Here's a good Nature article discussing just that: https://archive.is/4QNKy https://archive.is/4QNKy