A $21 million gift to the University of Chicago will fund the establishment of a new center focused on quantum biology and medicine, the college announced in a press release Thursday.

Philanthropist Thea Berggren donated the money to the school to form the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine, which aims to combine technology and biology to spur medical advancement.

“The establishment of the Berggren Center reflects a commitment to a powerful idea: that the deepest scientific insights often emerge when we bring distinct disciplines together in bold new ways,” University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos said in the release.

The goal is to discover and develop new diagnostics and therapies by applying quantum engineering to biology in the hope of creating potentially perso

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