The state of quantum computing applications in health and medicine

FF Flöther - Research Directions: Quantum Technologies, 2023 - cambridge.org
Medicine, including fields in healthcare and life sciences, has seen a flurry of quantum-
related activities and experiments in the last few years (although biology and quantum …

Quantum computing in the next-generation computational biology landscape: from protein folding to molecular dynamics

S Pal, M Bhattacharya, SS Lee, C Chakraborty - Molecular biotechnology, 2024 - Springer
Modern biological science is trying to solve the fundamental complex problems of molecular
biology, which include protein folding, drug discovery, simulation of macromolecular …

Molecular design with automated quantum computing-based deep learning and optimization

A Ajagekar, F You - Npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Computer-aided design of novel molecules and compounds is a challenging task that can
be addressed with quantum computing (QC) owing to its notable advances in optimization …

A perspective on protein structure prediction using quantum computers

H Doga, B Raubenolt, F Cumbo, J Joshi… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Despite the recent advancements by deep learning methods such as AlphaFold2, in silico
protein structure prediction remains a challenging problem in biomedical research. With the …

Quantum computing algorithms: getting closer to critical problems in computational biology

L Marchetti, R Nifosì, PL Martelli… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The recent biotechnological progress has allowed life scientists and physicians to access an
unprecedented, massive amount of data at all levels (molecular, supramolecular, cellular …

Designing microplastic-binding peptides with a variational quantum circuit–based hybrid quantum-classical approach

RC Vendrell, A Ajagekar, MT Bergman, CK Hall… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
De novo peptide design exhibits great potential in materials engineering, particularly for the
use of plastic-binding peptides to help remediate microplastic pollution. There are no known …

Using quantum annealing to design lattice proteins

A Irbäck, L Knuthson, S Mohanty, C Peterson - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
Quantum annealing has shown promise for finding solutions to difficult optimization
problems, including protein folding. Recently, we used the D-Wave Advantage quantum …

New classifications for quantum bioinformatics: Q-bioinformatics, QCt-bioinformatics, QCg-bioinformatics, and QCr-bioinformatics

M Mokhtari, S Khoshbakht, K Ziyaei… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Bioinformatics has revolutionized biology and medicine by using computational methods to
analyze and interpret biological data. Quantum mechanics has recently emerged as a …

An outlook on structural biology after A lpha F old: tools, limits and perspectives

S Rosignoli, M Pacelli, F Manganiello… - FEBS Open …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
AlphaFold and similar groundbreaking, AI‐based tools, have revolutionized the field of
structural bioinformatics, with their remarkable accuracy in ab‐initio protein structure …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating spin biology using a digital quantum computer: Prospects on a near-term quantum hardware emulator

PH Alvarez, FT Chowdhury, LD Smith, TJ Brokowski… - APL Quantum, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding the intricate quantum spin dynamics of radical pair reactions is crucial for
unraveling the underlying nature of chemical processes across diverse scientific domains. In …