Your digital twin: closer than you think
(WorldNews Netherlands)

How computer models can predict health and help to prevent and cure diseases 19 April 2018 Imagine your doctor has a digital copy of you stored in his or her computer. Your digital twin is like a volunteer that is always there for you, on which treatment of any disease you may have can be tested. This clone can breathe and walk, but can also break a leg or develop cardiovascular diseases. All of this takes place in the computer. It might sounds futuristic, but researchers around the world, including at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), are working to turn this into a reality. A short film about the `Virtual Physiological Humans` project was released this spring. Virtual heart...