Harvard's new free AI tool could help treat Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and even cancer

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Harvard researchers designed a new AI model, PDGrapher. 
• It can identify treatments to restore diseased cells to health.
• This could have larger impacts on drug discovery. 

While AI's most common use cases involve helping people with their everyday tasks, it can also go far beyond that, even helping make medical breakthroughs. 

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Last week, Harvard Medical School published a study on a new AI model called PDGrapher. According to Harvard, the model can analyze the connections between genes, proteins, and signaling pathways inside cells to identify the best combination of therapies that would effectively restore healthy cell behavior. This could enable new treatments for conditions that have previously been unable to be found via ...