Author Interviews, Cancer Research, COVID -19 Coronavirus, Technology / 05.05.2021
Machine Learning Helps Predict COVID-19 Severity in Cancer Patients
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Saket Navlakha PhD
Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this algorithm? How does it aide in patient care?
Response: The machine learning algorithm helps to predict if and when a patient will develop severe COVID symptoms, based on information on how the patient presents on the day of infection. This could lead to improved patient outcomes, by getting a “heads up” on what may happen in the near future.
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