Quantum computing at the frontiers of biological sciences.

Emani, Prashant S; Warrell, Jonathan; Anticevic, Alan; Bekiranov, Stefan; Gandal, Michael; McConnell, Michael J; Sapiro, Guillermo; Aspuru-Guzik, Alán et al. · Nat Methods · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Computing plays a critical role in the biological sciences but faces increasing challenges of scale and complexity. Quantum computing, a computational paradigm exploiting the unique properties of quantum mechanical analogs of classical bits, seeks to address many of these challenges. We discuss the potential for quantum computing to aid in the merging of insights across different areas of biological sciences.

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