IBM - Hunting for a cure in your DNA - Canada

As a boy growing up in Wales, Dr. Steve Jones was fascinated by solving puzzles and finding solutions to challenging problems. As head of biometrics for the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Jones arrives at his lab in the morning intent on saving another life. He uses information from the DNA sequencing of tumours followed by computational analysis to find the precise drug to attack and destroy that specific tumour. It's a high-tech approach that helps find solutions in some of the hardest cases. "We've done a number of analyses where the outcome has been able to improve the drug choice and help the patient," says Dr. "If we can introduce machine learning," he says, referring to artificial intelligence, "we can do this even better."