AI Predicts Which Drug Combinations Kill Cancer Cells

Espoo: A team of researchers have developed a machine learning model that accurately predicts how combinations of different cancer drugs kill various types of cancer cells. The new AI model was trained with a large set of data obtained from previous studies, which had investigated the association between drugs and cancer cells. 'The model learned by the machine is actually a polynomial function familiar from school mathematics, but a very complex one,' says Professor Juho Rousu from Aalto University. The study was led by researchers at Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Turku in Finland. The research results were published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications.