Is Quantum Computing a Good Idea?

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Sido kinds are the small proteins that allow your cells to communicate with each other. A sidakind storm is like your immune systems phone just blowing up, and it can be pretty dangerous for covig patients. It's really like, essentially a crystal ball. You're essentially like a wizard dodo anything. If youare a you can predict the future. Liketin right? It's like the magic ape ball of but based completely on math. And and i n its a, almost like wringing your hands. Anri crying, arond forn rolis toprotino. And then i will grave my hands. I could see some of them going much closer to

Biological mysteries solved with numbers! Graphs! Patterns! Data points! Systems biology! You never knew it existed, yet it’s keeping us alive. Systems Biologist Dr. Emily E. Ackerman join to chat about why the field appealed to her, how her work shifted during the pandemic, why she wants to scream at Excel sometimes, how computing might replace specific types of animal testing, accessibility in STEM, the immune system, why she loves being a disabled scientist and advocate, the ethics of CRISPR, and some really nice guy named Doug.

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