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Artificial Intelligence and Data Raises New Hope for Cancer Patients

The study itself is largely indistinguishable from the hundreds of cancer trials under way at any given time in the United States — but the drug development process was unorthodox. It wasn’t a scientist who spotted the potential of BPM 31510. It was an artificial intelligence program, running on the servers of a Framingham, Mass., startup named Berg Pharma.

It’s among a growing number of companies and researchers applying smart algorithms and massive amounts of data to sift through gigantic stacks of medical research or the biology of the body itself for clues that could save the lives of cancer patients.

By James Temple

Full Story: http://recode.net/2014/06/07/artificial-intelligence-raises-new-hope-for-cancer-patients/

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