The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is becoming increasingly widespread as the technology evolves. AI can be used in various ways to help people stay healthy, from identifying diseases early to creating personalized treatment plans and developing new drugs.
Identifying Diseases Early
One of the ways AI is being used in healthcare is to identify diseases early. This is done by analyzing data from a variety of sources, including patient health records, wearables, and other data sources.
For example, in 2017, analysts at Google used machine learning to identify 26 disease states from retinal images. This was done by training a neural network to spot patterns that are associated with specific diseases. The machine learning algorithm was able to correctly identify diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and glaucoma with great accuracy.
Another example comes from China, where a team of researchers used AI to screen for breast cancer. They developed an AI system that was able to detect breast cancer tumors that were 2mm in diameter with an accuracy of 96 percent.
Creating Personalized Treatment Plans
Another way AI is being used in healthcare is to create personalized treatment plans. This involves using machine learning to develop plans that are tailored to a patient’s individual characteristics.
One example comes from Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a company that is using machine learning to develop personalized cancer treatments. The company has developed a platform that can screen millions of compounds to find those that are effective against a particular cancer.
Developing New Drugs
AI is also being used to accelerate the drug development process. One example is Berg, a company that uses machine learning to develop new drugs for cancer and other diseases.
The company’s platform, which is called Berg Cloud, analyzes data from a variety of sources, including laboratory experiments and patient data. This information is used to develop models that can predict how well a particular drug will work in humans.
Berg has already used this approach to develop a new drug for non-small cell lung cancer that is currently in clinical trials. The company is also working on drugs for other types of cancer, as well as Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and diabetes.
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