In Silico Dreams: How Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology Will Create the Medicines of the Future

Learn how AI and data science are upending the worlds of biology and medicine

In Silico Dreams: How Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology Will Create the Medicines of the Future delivers an illuminating and fresh perspective on the convergence of two powerful technologies: AI and biotech. Accomplished genomics expert, executive, and author Brian Hilbush offers readers a brilliant exploration of the most current work of pioneering tech giants and biotechnology startups who have already started disrupting healthcare. The book provides an in-depth understanding of the sources of innovation that are driving the shift in the pharmaceutical industry away from serendipitous therapeutic discovery and toward engineered medicines and curative therapies.

In this fascinating book, you'll discover:

• An overview of the rise of data science methods and the paradigm shift in biology that led to the in silico revolution
• An outline of the fundamental breakthroughs in AI and deep learning and their applications across medicine
• A compelling argument for the notion that AI and biotechnology tools will rapidly accelerate the development of therapeutics
• A summary of innovative breakthroughs in biotechnology with a focus on gene editing and cell reprogramming technologies for therapeutic development
• A guide to the startup landscape in AI in medicine, revealing where investments are poised to shape the innovation base for the pharmaceutical industry

Perfect for anyone with an interest in scientific topics and technology, In Silico Dreams also belongs on the bookshelves of decision-makers in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, technology, venture capital, and government.

「學習人工智慧和資料科學如何顛覆生物學和醫學領域」
《In Silico Dreams: How Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology Will Create the Medicines of the Future》提供了一個富有啟發性和新鮮的觀點，探討了兩個強大技術——人工智慧和生物科技——的融合。這本書由資深基因組學專家、高管和作家Brian Hilbush撰寫，深入探討了一些先鋒科技巨頭和生物科技初創企業正在顛覆醫療保健領域的最新工作。本書提供了對創新來源的深入理解，這些創新正在推動製藥行業從偶然的治療性發現轉向工程化藥物和治療療法。

在這本引人入勝的書中，您將會發現：
- 數據科學方法的崛起和生物學範式轉變，引發了「in silico革命」的概述
- 人工智慧和深度學習的基本突破及其在醫學領域的應用的概述
- 有力的論點，認為人工智慧和生物科技工具將迅速加速治療方法的發展
- 生物科技的創新突破概述，重點介紹基因編輯和細胞重編程技術在治療方法開發中的應用
- 人工智慧在醫學領域的初創企業景觀指南，揭示了投資將如何塑造製藥行業的創新基礎

對於對科學和技術感興趣的人來說，《In Silico Dreams》是一本完美的選擇，同時也適合醫療保健、技術、風險投資和政府等各行各業的決策者閱讀。

BRIAN HILBUSH, PhD, is Director, IT Advanced Analytics and Data Solutions at Veranome Biosystems. He received his doctorate in Neuroscience from Stony Brook University and has over three decades of experience in computational biology, genomics, drug discovery, data science, and artificial intelligence.

BRIAN HILBUSH博士是Veranome Biosystems的IT高級分析和數據解決方案總監。他在Stony Brook大學獲得神經科學博士學位，並在計算生物學、基因組學、藥物發現、數據科學和人工智能領域擁有三十多年的經驗。