How Machine Learning Is Crafting Precision Medicine

Medicine has become more and more individualized since the days of leeches and humors, but in the last 15 years, an explosion of patient data in the form of genetic information and electronic health records (EHRs) has sharpened the doctor’s picture of the individual patient—and of treatments tailored to their precise needs.

Such targeted care is referred to as precision medicine—drugs or treatments designed for small groups, rather than large populations, based on characteristics such as medical history, genetic makeup, and data recorded by wearable devices. In 2003, the completion of the Human Genome Project was attended by fanatic promises about the imminence of these treatments, but results have so far underwhelmed. Today, new technologies are revitalizing the promise.

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