How might AI improve interpretation of free DNA levels in the blood? Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Free DNA in   the blood portends increasing frailty and possibly an increased risk to develop Alzheimer’s disease, two long term studies of older adults by Peter Abadir, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues have shown. Abadir says as we more fully embrace AI, such a measure may be even more powerful.

Abadir: AI algorithms can analyze large data sets to identify patterns and predict outcomes which can improve that early detection of disease like dementia and frailty. To start putting everything in one path and look at the overall picture you need a very highly sophisticated system. So for example AI can go through medical records and imaging, genetic information to identify individuals at risk and recommend personalized treatment in that moment in that visit.   :30

Such ‘just in time’ analysis is possible with AI technology, Abadir says, and helps render large amounts of data into a framework to benefit an individual. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.