{"id":58023,"date":"2025-04-28T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58023\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T17:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:31:09","slug":"chinese-quantum-computing-firm-tackles-breast-cancer-screenings-drug-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/58023\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese quantum computing firm tackles breast cancer screenings, drug design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese quantum computing firm Origin Quantum has successfully applied its advanced technology in several biomedical fields, including breast cancer treatment, in a sign of progress towards commercialisation.<\/p>\n<p>The Hefei-based company, which is backed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has demonstrated the viability of its <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3258787\/scientists-install-encryption-shield-protect-advanced-chinese-quantum-computer-attack?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3258787\/scientists-install-encryption-shield-protect-advanced-chinese-quantum-computer-attack\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">Origin Wukong<\/a> quantum computer in biomedical applications such as breast cancer mammography screening and small molecule drug design, according to a report by the state-run China News Service last week.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For breast cancer detection, the quantum computer could process high-dimensional medical imaging data \u201cexponentially faster\u201d, addressing common issues with traditional mammography such as high false-positive rates and inefficiency, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Origin Quantum also collaborated with Fudan University and other institutions to validate quantum computing applications in small molecule drug design and crystal structure prediction. It has launched several quantum computer-based tools capable of, among other things, predicting drug toxicity and handling drug interaction analysis, company deputy director Zhao Xuejiao said, according to China News.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Quantum computers leverage the principles of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems much faster than classical computers. Biomedicine is one of the fields where researchers believe these cutting-edge machines could have a transformative impact.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In September last year, the US National Institutes of Health announced a programme named Quantum Biomedical Innovations and Technologies, aimed at \u201cfurthering the application\u201d of quantum-based technologies in biomedical use cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese quantum computing firm Origin Quantum has successfully applied its advanced technology in several biomedical fields, including breast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3164],"tags":[30417,1378,30426,30421,30424,3284,30422,30415,30419,30418,30425,30420,3358,53,16,15,30423,30416,6709],"class_list":{"0":"post-58023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-anhui-province","9":"tag-breast-cancer","10":"tag-china-academy-of-sciences","11":"tag-china-internet-investment-fund","12":"tag-china-news-service","13":"tag-computing","14":"tag-fudan-university","15":"tag-guo-guangcan","16":"tag-guo-guoping","17":"tag-origin-quantum","18":"tag-origin-wukong","19":"tag-quantum-biomedical-innovations","20":"tag-quantum-computing","21":"tag-technology","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-us-department-of-commerce","25":"tag-us-national-institutes-of-health","26":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114416784935696960","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}