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Computational methods are important to complement experimental approaches and allow a fast screening of large datasets of variations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this work, we present DDGemb, a novel method combining protein language model embeddings and transformer architectures to predict protein \u0394\u0394G upon both single- and multi-point variations. DDGemb has been trained on a high-quality dataset derived from literature and tested on available benchmark datasets of single- and multi-point variations. DDGemb performs at the state of the art in both single- and multi-point variations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>DDGemb is available as web server at https:\/\/ddgemb.biocomp.unibo.it. 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