EU SCIENTISTS TO CREATE COMPUTERISED PATIENTS
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project is developing computerised models of patients, with sufficient details to enable doctors to create tailored health treatments, promoting the development of personalised medicines. The Euro EUR1.48 million ITFOM (information technology future of medicine) project is led by Germany's Max Planck Society, working with 25 research institutes and industry groups from Europe and elsewhere. The digital models will include a patient's genetic and physiological make-up, using computing, IT storage, networking ...
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