IBM Clinical Genomics

Not long after IBM’s “Watson” computer won the Jeopardy challenge, the machine’s adaptation to clinical medicine was forecast, and now that has happened.  A clinical platform, named “Clinical Genomics,” does automatic interpretation of pathology guidelines, physiology characteristics, and family history to “recommend” personalized treatments for cancer, hypertension and AIDS patients.  It is now deployed at a cancer hospital in Italy.  MORE

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