Cell Digitization and Drug Search: How Belarusian Scientists Use AI in Medicine

The use of artificial intelligence to digitize cells and analyze medical images of CT and MRI opens up the prospects for the Belarusian health care for the creation of ultra-precise drugs and the achievement of longevity. Projects for the introduction of highly specialized AI in targeted medicine are being actively implemented by the Joint Institute for Informatics Problems of the NAS of Belarus. About this on the air of the program "Markov". Nothing personal" on the TV channel ONT said the head of the IT company Dmitry Sholomitsky.

Dmitri Sholomitsky: A very important thing I would like many to hear. Vladimir Stepanovich Karanik takes this issue very seriously and keeps all aspects under personal control. In terms of studying all these processes, I want to show you something. The development of these technologies allows, for example, today to digitize the cell. Digitalization of the cell allows you to understand what language cells exchange information, what language they speak. In other words, we can approach the issues that will allow us to gain longevity – not to age, not to get sick, really to deal with all the above problems and very effectively synthesize the drugs that are needed here and now. It doesn’t take an enormous amount of time and resources, both human and financial, to discover a new drug that will save us all. It's very important to understand that these systems are able to understand the biology of each of us and come up with a clear approach to finding exactly what we need. This is called targeted medicine. That is, we are talking about a specific person whom we treat specifically for his characteristics. This is very important to understand.”.

Dmitry Sholomitsky: The United Institute for Informatics Problems is now implementing these technologies very effectively. For example, one of the projects is working with CT and MRI images, when the system sees certain patterns and already tells the doctor what to pay attention to. Because a person's eye can get washed or the volume of patients in this part is quite large. This is an extremely efficient, highly specialized system. What I said earlier is that when we set ourselves the task of studying and healing, but only in one direction. Do not think about all the questions taken together – chemistry, physics, mathematics, history. We need a specific task. Therefore, the role of the Academy of Sciences is extremely high due to the preservation of the mathematical base, the school of the Soviet Union and many other aspects related to education. This is very important.”.