Tapping your genome with AI and quantum computing could deliver on the promise of personalized medicine – but practical and ethical hurdles remain

By: Gary Skuse, Rochester Institute of Technology and Sherry Dadgar, George Washington University, The Conversation

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Published: April 28, 2026

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By Gary Skuse, Rochester Institute of Technology and Sherry Dadgar, George Washington University

Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it. Despite diligent global efforts to link uncommon variations in DNA sequences with human disease, progress has been slow, in large part due to limitations in scientific understanding and in part due to limitations in computational technologies.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to help scientists …

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