Reinhard Laubenbacher

Nov 29, 2024 | nature.com | Anna Niarakis |Reinhard Laubenbacher |Yaron Ilan |Liesbet Geris |Michael L. Blinov |Luis Fonseca | +7 more

AbstractDigital twins represent a key technology for precision health. Medical digital twins consist of computational models that represent the health state of individual patients over time, enabling optimal therapeutics and forecasting patient prognosis. Many health conditions involve the immune system, so it is crucial to include its key features when designing medical digital twins.

May 14, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Reinhard Laubenbacher

In March, China’s Xi Jinping announced that “digital twin” technology, which uses computer simulation to manage real-world systems, is one of six “new productive forces” in which his nation will lead the world and overtake the U.S. Amid this geopolitical jousting, this simulation technology—already widely used in manufacturing—is coming to medicine.

Feb 15, 2024 | nature.com | Reinhard Laubenbacher |Luis Fonseca |Paul Macklin |Amber Smith |Fred Adler |Tomas Helikar | +2 more

AbstractMedical digital twins are computational models of human biology relevant to a given medical condition, which are tailored to an individual patient, thereby predicting the course of disease and individualized treatments, an important goal of personalized medicine. The immune system, which has a central role in many diseases, is highly heterogeneous between individuals, and thus poses a major challenge for this technology.