Sansk. University researchers aim to develop new vaccines with quantum computing

Suskechewan Lab University is hoping to stop the next epidemic before it begins with the help of some very large and powerful computers.

Quantum computing is still an emerging technique, but S researchers say that they do not want to wait for the devices to completely eliminate the devices before pouring them for practical use.

It is expected that powerful computers, which can handle more complex problems than regular computers, can be used to speed up vaccine development.

“You can use these quantum computers to reach very special information about the immune system,” Steven Ryan said, S. for Quantum Topology and its applications (Quanta). S. in KU

Ryan said, “We are already for use to use them in this way that will be good for society.”

Two research centers at the university are partnered to work: Quanta, which specializes in computing and mathematics and vaccine and infectious disease organization (VIDO).

Hopefully, scientists will be able to identify “a pathogen” or “infectious agent”, “less than 100 days” to be a viable vaccine discovered through quantum computing, Ryan said.

This is possible, Vido’s leading investigator Gordon Broaderick said, because computer will allow scientists to create a “digital twin” of the virus or bacterial agent.

He said that computer version will allow scientists to run quickly through the landscape “what will happen” faster than repeating them in a laboratory.

“What if I have preserved you with this agent? What if I have designed a vaccine in this way?” Broaderick said.

To try those scenarios digitally, using a computer would mean only the best ideas will be tested in the laboratory using vials, cell cultures and animals.

Still an emerging technique

Ryan said “there are limitations of ordinary computers,” which is only off-on switch, zero and a collection of people, and not designed to handle the complications of the human immune system.

“But quantum computers are slightly more like nature,” Ryan said.

He said that they are actually designed to imitate nature at small, quantum levels and can be deployed to follow natural processes, he said.

In the early days of computing, the current quantum computers are room -shaped and scientists are still finalizing the design, he said.

The university is partnered with IBM to reach Quantum Computer in Quebec.

Both researchers say that the work provides exciting opportunities for students, which are able to log in to the computer – some institutions are not yet able to offer.

Ryan said, “A lot of quantum computing is actually being treated in just a theoretical way,” Ryan said, many people are waiting for the technique to be completed before thinking about the way to use it.

“We are not really ready to wait.”