Precision Medicine is An Emerging Healthcare and Treatment Plan
Precision medicine, also known as personalized medicine, is part of a medical treatment plan that is developed to meet an individual’s unique healthcare needs based on their symptoms, genotypes, lifestyle, and medical history. These personalized treatment plans not only help in better treatment but also provide a greater chance of timely prevention.
Due to this, the precision medicine market has been developing and growing rapidly, including new technologies and methods such as artificial intelligence (AI) to develop precision medicine and treatment plans.
Various Uses of AI in Developing Precision Medicine
Precision medicine uses genome analysis combined with various advanced technologies to determine the prognosis of diseases like cancer. One such technology that scientists and doctors have been working to incorporate widely in the healthcare industry is AI.
AI is already used across the healthcare industry for various diagnostics, screening, and image analysis purposes. This, combined with human expertise, and reinforced learning and machine learning in AI have allowed create some amazing developments such as the usability of AI in precision medicine. Currently, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa are the regions that are leading the development and use of AI technology to develop precision medicine solutions.
AI Precision Medicine in Cancer Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
The field of medicine where AI has been implemented widely and has proven to be the most effective is oncology – the study and treatment of various types of cancer.
In UAE, many developments have taken place regarding the use of AI in precision medicine for cancer, which makes UAE the leader in the space. The UAE is already using AI in precision medicine in the form of molecular profiling, radiology, and oncology.
The reason why AI is so effective in the detection, prevention and treatment plans for cancer is because of its ability to provide unique and individual profiling and monitoring of tumours, genetic profiles and much more.
An amazing development in this field was announced last month when Harvard Medical School developed a new tool to diagnose and determine the type of brain cancer genome. This tool has shown 93% accuracy in differentiating cancers of different mutations. Moreover, this tool allows to analyse and monitor the molecular profile of cancer tumours during treatment, which helps surgeons and doctors have more real-time and precise knowledge before treatment.
AI as a Tool to Develop Precision Medicine for Stroke Patients
In a recent development, Constant Therapy Health, a digital therapeutics company, has shared that it’s helping the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery and the University of Texas at Austin develop precision medicine in the form of precision treatment for stroke patients. This precision treatment will specifically be developed for the rehabilitation of stroke patients who are suffering from speech, language, and cognitive disorders post-stroke.
This development will be powered by Constant Therapy Health’s large database of over 230 million speech exercises conducted by more than 100 million patients. This real-world data will be curated by scientists both statistically and with the help of powerful advanced AI. This will help develop new innovative and highly effective treatment and therapy plans for speech, language, and cognitive rehabilitation.
This research, once developed to a certain extent, will advance, and extend into research about treatment options for other neurological conditions as well.
AI Brings Countless Possibilities to Precision Medicine
With AI already being used widely in healthcare, and with ongoing research and developments, it’s very ideal that AI will revolutionize the way precision medicine works and provide great benefits to patients. Besides extensive research already being carried out in the treatment and diagnosis of cancer patients and patients with neurological conditions, AI is also being used for compiling and studying large datasets and statistics that will help develop comprehensive and highly effective precision treatment and precision medicine for various conditions.
To conclude, it’s safe to say that AI in precision medicine is a revolutionary step that will change the healthcare industry for the better, making it crucial to stay on the lookout for the latest developments.