Improving the health of older people by preventing disease is a key goal of a new scientific initiative at the Buck Institute. Here, Professor Nathan Price is using advanced techniques such as artificial intelligence (AI) to predict and prevent people from getting ill in advance. This shifts healthcare away from treatment and focuses primarily on maintaining health.
Price works with a large research centre that continuously performs analyses based on a wide range of data – such as physical characteristics, blood values and lifestyle. These comprehensive profiles provide insight into how the body changes with ageing. By using this information intelligently, he aims to detect early signs of disease and thereby maintain health for longer.
Artificial intelligence is growing rapidly and becoming increasingly clever. This makes it possible to examine and combine huge amounts of information. This accelerates the discovery of new treatment methods and ensures that medicines can be developed better and more quickly before they end up in clinical trials. In this way, work is being done on tailored, personalised care.
The approach of Price and his team can make a major difference in the way we age. By not only curing diseases but above all by preserving health, it becomes possible for people to spend more of their lives in good health. This is of great importance to anyone who wants to age in a healthy way.
Source: Buck Institute
