Doctors told him he was going to die. Then A.I. saved his life.

05/19/25 at 03:00 AM

Doctors told him he was going to die. Then A.I. saved his life.
New York Times; by Kate Morgan; 3/20/25
Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines... The handful of success stories so far have led researchers to ask the question: How many other cures are hiding in plain sight? ... The first time Dr. Fajgenbaum [University of Pennsylvania] repurposed a drug, it was in an attempt to save his own life. ... “Essentially we ran a query that said, ‘Show us every proposed treatment there has ever been in the history of medicine for nausea,’” said Matt Might, a professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Publisher's note: While slightly dated, this is an interesting application of AI in medicine and provoked me to consider "what are other ways AI could be used in hospice?" Accessing this article may require a subscription.

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