Prognosis
Microsoft Built a Bot to Match Patients to Clinical Trials
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A chat bot that began as a hackathon project at Microsoft Corp.'s lab in Israel makes it easier for sick patients to find clinical trials that could provide otherwise unavailable medicines and therapies.
The Clinical Trials Bot lets patients and doctors search for studies related to a disease and then answer a succession of text questions. The bot then suggests links to trials that best match the patients’ needs. Drugmakers can also use it to find test subjects.