Wired Magazine article on simulating the human body in order to run clinicals without humans.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_archimedes/
For now, Archimedes just continues to grow. Eddy recently expanded the model, which can currently
simulate 16,500 person-years a minute, to include several new diseases, among them breast and lung
cancer, and will soon launch ARCHeS, an online interface that will allow physicians, policymakers, and
researchers to access Archimedes and design their own trials. Last year, his company began a project
that will enable doctors to create Archimedes doubles of individuals and then show patients the effects of
different treatments. The program is currently being tested at several of a major health care provider’s
clinics, with results expected next year.
As hospitals begin the switch to electronic records, moreover, demand for Archimedes’ services is likely
to skyrocket, with doctors clamoring to run virtual trials using information from actual patients.
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http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/ff_archimedes/
For now, Archimedes just continues to grow. Eddy recently expanded the model, which can currently
simulate 16,500 person-years a minute, to include several new diseases, among them breast and lung
cancer, and will soon launch ARCHeS, an online interface that will allow physicians, policymakers, and
researchers to access Archimedes and design their own trials. Last year, his company began a project
that will enable doctors to create Archimedes doubles of individuals and then show patients the effects of
different treatments. The program is currently being tested at several of a major health care provider’s
clinics, with results expected next year.
As hospitals begin the switch to electronic records, moreover, demand for Archimedes’ services is likely
to skyrocket, with doctors clamoring to run virtual trials using information from actual patients.
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