AI is unlocking a new golden age in medicine, with personalized treatments to cure cancer and potential to save billions of lives

From treating cancer to the early detection of ALS, medicine as we know is is being revolutionized by artificial intelligence — at a rate unthinkable just a handful of years ago.This past August, Moderna and Merck announced a “landmark moment” in the testing of a vaccine for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.The trial took place on 1,100 patients and was only possible thanks to AI, which analyzed a piece of each patient’s removed tumor to create a highly personalized version of the vaccine.“We’re potentially at the dawn of medicine’s golden age,” Zev Williams, director of the super computer-driven Columbia University Fertility Center, told The Post.“We’re able to have insights and abilities that had never been possible.”The new breakthrough could help prevent melanoma from spreading further or returning.It is still in the testing stage, but scientists say the results are very positive and the approach and research behind it will likely be adaptable to other cancers in the future.“None of this is possible without digital technology,” Wade Davis, Moderna’s senior vice president for digital, told The Post.

“[The technology] is critical to navigating the inherent complexities that come with creating one therapy for one patient and helping us to move with speed and precision.”AI’s advantage resides in its ability to analyze vast sums of data — decades of opinions, case studies, research and testing results — more than any one doctor could remember, many times over.“It allows us to consider the possibilities across all drugs and all diseases,” explained Dr.David Fajgenbaum, who co-founded an AI driven non-profit called Every Cure as well as Castleman Disease Collaborative Network. “We utilize the world’s knowledge, rather than relying only on what is in our brains.”Kaila Mabus has AI and Castleman Disease Collaborative Network to thank for her health.

In her teens, she was diagnosed with Castleman disea...