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Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? We’ll soon find out.

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  • The drug remained a niche treatment precisely because it can't be simulated classically

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  • The light-activated drug sits dormant in the body until activated by specific wavelength light

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  • Missing the mark doesn't mean an algorithm won't be useful on a future quantum computer, it just means the machine needed doesn't exist yet

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  • When Q4Bio started, people didn't know about any use cases where quantum can definitely impact biology

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  • What was done in Q4Bio program is something unique that can change how to simulate chemistry for health care and life sciences

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  • Team is very firmly within the criteria for the $2 million prize

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  • Team is in with a good chance of winning prize money

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  • Algorithmiq is confident of walking away from the competition with prize money

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  • Developments in hybrid quantum-classical processing are transformational

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  • The grand prize is really at the very edge of doable

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  • The automated pipeline allows determining whether classical solvers will struggle before spending money on computing

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  • Work done in Q4Bio program is unique and can change how chemistry is simulated for healthcare and life sciences

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  • The teams have found promising applications and now we know the fields where quantum can matter

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  • Grand prize is at the very edge of doable given current quantum computing technology

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  • Infleqtion uses quantum computing to find correlations in data to reduce problem size, then hands the reduced problem to classical solver

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  • The developments in hybrid quantum-classical processing are transformational

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  • Identifying cancer origin is very important because it informs the best treatment

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  • Knowing where metastasized cancer originated is very important because it can inform the best treatment

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  • Light-activated treatment remained niche precisely because it couldn't be simulated classically

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  • Now know the fields where quantum can matter

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  • Platform can be thought of as a way to solve difficult problems in computational genomics

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  • Infleqtion uses quantum computer to find correlations to reduce problem size, then hands reduced problem to classical solver

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  • It is very difficult to achieve something with a noisy quantum computer that a classical machine can't do

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  • The Nottingham team is in with a good shout for winning prize money

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  • If teams don't win, it just means the machine they need doesn't exist yet, not that algorithm won't be useful on future quantum computer

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  • It is very difficult to achieve something with a noisy quantum computer that a classical machine can't do

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  • Automated pipeline can determine if classical solvers will struggle before spending money on computing

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  • The quantum genomics platform can be thought of as a platform for solving difficult problems in computational genomics

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  • When program started, people didn't know about any use cases where quantum can definitely impact biology

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  • Stanford team is very firmly within the criteria for the $2 million prize

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