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Learning the language of life with AI | Science
February 1, 2025Media query (Nature Medicine): Quantum computing and health
January 19, 2025Guenot, M. (2025). Can quantum computing crack the biggest challenges in health? Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03369-w
Great story by @Marianne_Guenot, providing good & *not* good news about QC for biomedicine.
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The potential power of quantum computers in cracking problems that classical computers cannot is not all good news, says Mark Gerstein, a professor of biomedical informatics at Yale University who recently co-authored a review about quantum computing and health for Nature Methods3.
Experts predict that quantum computers could become fiendishly good at breaking through current encryption algorithms, says Gerstein, which could pose a problem for the privacy of confidential patient data. “There’s a huge push right now to get post-quantum cryptography to work,” he says.
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The idea, then, is not for quantum computers to replace classical computers, says Gerstein. Instead, they should be considered as adding a node to a computing chain, as each can contribute different strengths to solve a problem. “The art here is figuring out which bit of this big calculation you can quantize,” says Gerstein.
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NYTimes.com: As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data
October 6, 2024As 23andMe Struggles, Concerns Surface About Its Genetic Data
A plummet in the company’s valuation and a recent board resignation have raised questions about the future of genetic data collected from millions of customers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/business/23andme-dna-bankrupt.html?smid=em-share
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“People don’t, I think, appreciate how large the genetic information for a person is,” Mark Gerstein, a professor of biomedical informatics at Yale University, said on Saturday.
“In theory, if there’s a mess-up with your credit card or Social Security number, you get a new one, it can be fixed,” Professor Gerstein said. “But there’s absolutely no way to get a new genome.” …
Looking at a genome can reveal a complicated structure, akin to ones and zeros of binary code, Professor Gerstein said. That might make it seem like the information is harder to glean than from a personal tech device.
“Superficially, there might be a comforting aspect to that, as opposed to if I peek in your email box,” he said. However complex the genome is, though, it can still hold sensitive private data.
“In the longer term, maybe it actually is more revealing,” he said. “}}
Bike trip to Sachem Head, with flooding on the way back
September 23, 2024Took a bike trip from PO to Sachem Head. Between the time I left and when I started back, a big tide came in and flooded many of the spots on the return route. Very dramatic that this can happen so quickly.
~24 km & ~90′ (45′ each way)
flooding for the trolley trail, Hoadley Neck underpass, at end of Sachem Head
The Art of Taking It Slow | The New Yorker
September 22, 2024The Protected Audience API
September 8, 2024Great description of the lengths you have to go to really protect web #privacy
Swimming in Data | The Mathematical Intelligencer
August 2, 2024https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00283-024-10339-0
Douglass, K., Lamb, A., Lu, J., Ono, K., & Tenpas, W. (2024). Swimming in data. The Mathematical Intelligencer, 46(2), 145–155.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-024-10339-0
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