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A Quantum Mechanics Approach to AI Can Improve Cancer Outcomes

Research by Orly Alter^1,2,3, Elizabeth Newman⁴, Sri Priya Ponnapalli⁵, and Jessica W. Tsai⁶

¹Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah; ²Department of Bioengineering, Department of Human Genetics, and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah; ³Prism AI Therapeutics, Inc.; ⁴Department of Mathematics, Tufts University; ⁵Scale AI, Inc.; ⁶Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Feature article by Mara Johnson-Groh, freelance science writer for American Institute of Physics Publishing, and Kelly Hermans, University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute

Using principles of superposition and entanglement, researchers develop an AI framework to tailor a patient’s cancer treatment to their entire molecular background.