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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences Using AWS

By : Ujjwal Ratan
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Applied Machine Learning for Healthcare and Life Sciences Using AWS

By: Ujjwal Ratan

Overview of this book

While machine learning is not new, it's only now that we are beginning to uncover its true potential in the healthcare and life sciences industry. The availability of real-world datasets and access to better compute resources have helped researchers invent applications that utilize known AI techniques in every segment of this industry, such as providers, payers, drug discovery, and genomics. This book starts by summarizing the introductory concepts of machine learning and AWS machine learning services. You’ll then go through chapters dedicated to each segment of the healthcare and life sciences industry. Each of these chapters has three key purposes -- First, to introduce each segment of the industry, its challenges, and the applications of machine learning relevant to that segment. Second, to help you get to grips with the features of the services available in the AWS machine learning stack like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Comprehend Medical. Third, to enable you to apply your new skills to create an ML-driven solution to solve problems particular to that segment. The concluding chapters outline future industry trends and applications. By the end of this book, you’ll be aware of key challenges faced in applying AI to healthcare and life sciences industry and learn how to address those challenges with confidence.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Machine Learning on AWS
Free Chapter
2
Chapter 1: Introducing Machine Learning and the AWS Machine Learning Stack
4
Part 2: Machine Learning Applications in the Healthcare Industry
9
Part 3: Machine Learning Applications in the Life Sciences Industry
14
Part 4: Challenges and the Future of AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Understanding molecular data

Having a good understanding of molecular properties and structures is extremely critical to determine how they react with each other. These reactions lead to the discovery of new molecules that lead to drug development. Pharmacology is the branch of science that studies such reactions and their impact on the body. Pharmacologists do this by reviewing molecular data stored in a variety of formats. At a very high level, molecules can be divided into two categories, small and large molecules. The distinction between them is not just because of their size. Let’s look at them in more detail.

Small molecules

Small molecules have been the basis of drug development for a very long time. They weigh less than 900 Dalton (Da) (1 Da is equal to 1.66053904x10^-24 grams) and account for more than 90% of drugs on the market today. Drugs based on small molecules are mostly developed through chemical synthesis. Due to their small size, they are easily absorbed...