HOW’D THEY DO THAT? The model developed by Dr. Might’s institute is predicated on the fact that drugs do more than one thing. These additional features sometimes get characterized as “side effects.” AI combs through drugs to find the side effect you’re looking for, and then that becomes the main effect.
At the University of Pa, Dr. Fajgenbaum’s platform
compares roughly 4,000 drugs against 18,500 diseases.