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Virtual patients for therapeutic drug trials
Using modelling, different doses of drugs can be given to 'patients' to test effectiveness
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Using computer software and virtual patients, drug trials can now also be conducted outside laboratories, an approach that has been endorsed by drug regulators in the United States, Europe and Japan.
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Eric Chan and Eleanor Cheong
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In the science fiction movie Ready Player One, the virtual world was an escape from the harsh realities of the real world, an oasis where individuals can go anywhere, do anything and be anyone.
In today's world, could virtual simulation technologies be extended to high-risk human research, such as drug trials, on people?
