Cleveland Clinic, IBM to Lead new Quantum Computing for Health Projects

Cleveland Clinic, IBM to Lead new Quantum Computing for Health Projects

The Wellcome Trust has chosen the Cleveland Clinic-IBM Discovery Accelerator to collaborate on quantum computing applications for biologic and health fields through the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Challenge. This initiative, led by Wellcome Leap's Q4Bio, aims to co-develop health applications leveraging quantum computing. The project may receive up to $40 million in funding for two projects, with an additional $10 million in challenge prizes for scalable technologies. This partnership signifies a crucial milestone in the longstanding collaboration between Cleveland Clinic and IBM, with a dedicated quantum system now in place for healthcare research. They will focus on protein-conformation prediction and quantum computing's role in photon-activated drugs for cancer, potentially revolutionizing healthcare research and patient care.

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The Wellcome Trust has joined forces with the Cleveland Clinic-IBM Discovery Accelerator to advance quantum computing applications in biologic and health fields through the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Challenge. Led by Wellcome Leap's Q4Bio, this initiative aims to co-create health applications that harness quantum computing, with a focus on disease understanding and quantum-powered cancer prevention and treatment. The project is set to receive up to $40 million in funding for two projects and an additional $10 million in challenge prizes for scalable technologies. This marks a major milestone in the ongoing partnership between Cleveland Clinic and IBM, as they deploy a dedicated quantum system for healthcare research. The accelerator will primarily concentrate on using quantum computing for protein-conformation prediction, potentially offering new insights into disease mechanisms and more effective therapies. A secondary project involves Algorithmiq in creating computational tools to explore quantum computing's role in photon-activated drugs for cancer. Quantum computing holds significant promise in revolutionizing healthcare research and enhancing patient care, particularly in areas like medical imaging and cancer treatment.




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