Intel’s Cloud Computing To Share Data For Customized Cancer Treatment
August 22, 2015
Grazed from Yibada. Author: Steve Pak.
Intel and an Oregon cancer institute launched a pilot network this week that will give healthcare facilities the ability to share DNA and genomic data. This cloud computing technology could result in the creation of personalized cancer treatments that cut medical research time from months to hours, and lower fatality rates.The partnership was made between the chipmaker giant and the Knight Cancer Institute (KCI) at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). They developed the Collaborative Cancer Cloud (CCC). The cloud computing tech analyzes huge amounts of global data and then distributes the information, helping to locate hard-to-find personalized treatments that were effective for other cancer patients. It can also maintain the security and privacy of each site’s patient data…
KCI director Dr. Brian Druker said that a central location is needed to control patients’ genomic data. That is for the treatment of ailments such as cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s…