--- title: Xanadu and University of Alberta Explore Quantum... description: Xanadu Quantum Technologies has formed a research partnership with the University of Alberta to develop quantum algorithms for designing photosensitizers used... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xanadu-and-university-of-alberta-explore-quantum-computing-for-cancer-drug-discovery-x0lzysjj2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Xanadu and University of Alberta Explore Quantum Computing for Cancer Drug Discovery | daily.dev og:description: Xanadu Quantum Technologies has formed a research partnership with the University of Alberta to develop quantum algorithms for designing photosensitizers used... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xanadu-and-university-of-alberta-explore-quantum-computing-for-cancer-drug-discovery-x0lzysjj2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/x0lzYsJJ2.png og:image:alt: Xanadu and University of Alberta Explore Quantum Computing for Cancer Drug Discovery og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Xanadu and University of Alberta Explore Quantum Computing for Cancer Drug Discovery **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Xanadu Quantum Technologies has formed a research partnership with the University of Alberta to develop quantum algorithms for designing photosensitizers used in photodynamic cancer therapy. The collaboration pairs Xanadu's quantum algorithms team with Professor Alex Brown's computational chemistry expertise, aiming to use fault-tolerant quantum computers to model light-matter interactions that determine how effective these light-activated cancer treatments are. The goal is to overcome limitations of classical simulations that struggle to capture excited-state processes critical to photosensitizer performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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