Vivek Subbiah, MD, from the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, and coauthors, describe a shift toward predictive medicine, in which AI, integrated with genomic data, revolutionizes our understanding of diseases, facilitates drug design, and enables personalized therapies. This evolution comes with challenges, however, and the review emphasizes the importance of predicting protein functions, binding kinetics, and thermodynamic properties for effective drug development.
As AI merges with clinical data, the authors stress that "ethical considerations surrounding patient privacy and responsible AI use become paramount." The review presents a hypothetical patient journey in colorectal cancer, highlighting how AI-driven predictions could accelerate the development of personalized vaccines and facilitate adaptive clinical trials.
"AlphaFold's groundbreaking ability to predict protein structures is set to revolutionize predictive medicine, driving forward drug design and personalized therapies. Dr. Vivek Subbiah and coauthors, in a recent AI in Precision Oncology review, illuminate this transformative shift while addressing the crucial challenges and ethical considerations of integrating AI with clinical data," says Douglas Flora, MD, Editor-in-Chief of AI in Precision Oncology.
Xiyu Zhao, Victor B. Yang, Arjun K. Menta, Jacob Blum, Adam Wahida, Vivek Subbiah.
AlphaFolds Predictive Revolution in Precision Oncology.
AI in Precision Oncology, 2024. doi: 10.1089/aipo.2024.0010