Tag: SDG 3
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Eliminating “Forever Chemicals” from Water Sources
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 1 – Outline Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors SandboxAQ Quantum South UN Habitat Impact/context PFAS are also known as “forever chemicals” because they persist in the environment and are challenging to eliminate; they are even found in the human bloodstream. They are synthetic chemicals found ubiquitously in everyday…
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Accelerating Novel Antimicrobial Discovery
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 3 – Simulation Quantum Machine Learning Quantum Simulation and Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) McMaster University Universita degli Studi di Cagliari qBraid Impact/context The WHO has identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the top ten threats to global public…
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Molecular Docking to Clean Up Pollution
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 3 – Simulation Quantum Simulation and Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors Quandela QunaSys World Health Organization (WHO) Impact/context Chemical pollutants in soil and wastewater pose a significant and long-lasting environmental and sanitary concern, with their degradation in environmental remediation representing a critical societal challenge. Among various pollutants,…
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Predicting Gastrointestinal Cancer
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 3 – Simulation Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors University of Coimbra Center For Social Studies, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Impact/context More than 2 million new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed every year around the globe. The entire global population, living anywhere on earth,…
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Antimicrobial Resistance
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 1 – Outline Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors University of Copenhagen Alphanosos Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) Impact/context WHO declared antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the top ten threats to global public health. Low- and middle- income countries, and certain population groups such…
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Women’s Healthcare
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 2 – Full Proposal Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors Universal Quantum Qatar University Impact/context Women’s health remains an underfunded and under-researched area, leading to significant disparities in healthcare outcomes. Conditions such as endometriosis, perimenopause, and menopause face delayed diagnoses and limited treatment options. Demographic disparities in access to…
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Medical Imaging
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 0 – Idea Quantum Machine Learning SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Raman Research Institute (RRI) Cleveland Clinic
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Genomics
Owner Status Quantum Approach Phase 0 – Idea Optimisation SDGs Impact/context Enhanced understanding and analysis of genetic information are critical for the development of personalised medicine, which can lead to more effective and tailored healthcare solutions. Faster and more efficient genome analysis can also accelerate advancements in fields like evolutionary biology, improving our understanding of…
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Accelerating Drug Discovery Using Programmable Quantum Simulation
Owner Quantum Approach Quantum Simulation SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology QuEra Computing Inc. How quantum could help Quantum computing can be used to address these challenges using tailored solutions optimized specifically for quantum simulators based on neutral atom arrays. In early experiments on exotic non-Abelian spin liquid states and…
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Quantum Pangenomics
Owner Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors Origins of Contributors University of Cambridge University of Oxford Wellcome Sanger Institute European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI Kyiv Academic University How quantum could help Complex problems such as genome assembly and the construction of phylogenetic trees could be optimised in a hybrid quantum-classical framework, enabling promising quantum speedups with…