(ABC NEWS) Artificial Intelligence is now credited with helping researchers unlock answers for 18 patients to illnesses that went unexplained for years.
Researchers at Boston’s Children’s Hospital are using AI to help review old genetic records and flag possible rare disease diagnoses.
The study used OpenAI technology to reanalyze hundreds of previously unsolved cases.
Experts say the goal is not to replace doctors, but to help them find clues that may have been missed.
Researchers say the AI-assisted approach helped identify diagnoses in about one in 20 cases.
Every result still had to be reviewed by human experts and confirmed by a certified clinical lab.
Researchers say the findings show how AI may help doctors revisit old genetic tests as science advances, potentially giving more families answers after years of uncertainty.
But they stress the technology is still a tool, not a replacement for human experts, and needs more testing in larger, forward-looking studies.
