Title:Application of Artificial Intelligence in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Studies
Volume: 26
Issue: 29
Author(s): Abhimanyu Thakur*, Ambika P. Mishra, Bishnupriya Panda, Diana C.S. Rodríguez, Isha Gaurav and Babita Majhi
Affiliation:
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR,China
Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, pharmaceutical research, biomedical research, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications,
conventional statistical analyses.
Abstract:
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is the way to model human intelligence to accomplish certain
tasks without much intervention of human beings. The term AI was first used in 1956 with The Logic Theorist
program, which was designed to simulate problem-solving ability of human beings. There have been a significant
amount of research works using AI in order to determine the advantages and disadvantages of its applicabication
and, future perspectives that impact different areas of society. Even the remarkable impact of AI can be transferred
to the field of healthcare with its use in pharmaceutical and biomedical studies crucial for the socioeconomic
development of the population in general within different studies, we can highlight those that have been
conducted with the objective of treating diseases, such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, among others. In
parallel, the long process of drug development also requires the application of AI to accelerate research in medical
care.
Methods: This review is based on research material obtained from PubMed up to Jan 2020. The search terms
include “artificial intelligence”, “machine learning” in the context of research on pharmaceutical and biomedical
applications.
Results: This study aimed to highlight the importance of AI in the biomedical research and also recent studies
that support the use of AI to generate tools using patient data to improve outcomes. Other studies have demonstrated
the use of AI to create prediction models to determine response to cancer treatment.
Conclusion: The application of AI in the field of pharmaceutical and biomedical studies has been extensive,
including cancer research, for diagnosis as well as prognosis of the disease state. It has become a tool for researchers
in the management of complex data, ranging from obtaining complementary results to conventional
statistical analyses. AI increases the precision in the estimation of treatment effect in cancer patients and determines
prediction outcomes.