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2 articles matching "digital twins"

Clinical trialUNITERAREApr 3

New Recruiting Trial: Application of Digital Twins' Technology in Patients Who Had a Stroke, With Moyamoya Disease and With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) During the Secondary Prevention Phase: A Proof of Concept Using a Randomized Control Trial (Clinical Study 6, STRATIF-AI Project)

Researchers are testing a new technology called 'digital twins' to help prevent second strokes in patients with three rare brain conditions: moyamoya disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and previous stroke history. A digital twin is a computer model of a patient's brain that doctors can use to predict what treatments might work best for that individual. This study will randomly assign patients to either receive care guided by this digital twin technology or standard care, and compare which approach prevents more strokes.

WHY IT MATTERSThis trial offers patients with moyamoya disease or cerebral amyloid angiopathy who have had a stroke access to personalized, AI-guided prevention strategies that could reduce their risk of future strokes.
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ResearchPUBMEDApr 1

The Potential of Digital Twins for Pediatric Rare Diseases.

Scientists are developing a new technology called Digital Twins—computer models that act like virtual copies of individual patients. These virtual copies could help doctors diagnose rare childhood diseases faster and find better treatments by testing ideas on the computer before trying them on real patients. This is especially helpful for rare diseases because there aren't many patients to study, and it's hard to do traditional research on children.

WHY IT MATTERSDigital twins could speed up diagnosis and enable personalized treatment plans for children with rare diseases, potentially reducing the years of diagnostic delay that currently affects most pediatric rare disease patients.
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