The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has signed a collaborative deal with IBM Watson Labs . Medical data is expected to double every 73 days by 2020. The five - year agreement follows the previous five - year deal signed in 2016 and will involve using AI to analyse and examine genomics data to better understand the natural possibility people have for a certain disease . Together the Broad Institute and the Massachusetts - based IBM division aim to improve and grow genetic risk assessment by utilising community and hospital - based biobank information , genomic data and electronic health records . Ultimately the initiative intends to make knowledge bases , along with accompanying tools , available to researchers .
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has signed a collaborative deal with IBM Watson Labs . The five - year agreement follows the previous five - year deal signed in 2016 and will involve using AI to analyse and examine genomics data to better understand the natural possibility people have for a certain disease . Together the Broad Institute and the Massachusetts - based IBM division aim to improve and grow genetic risk assessment by utilising community and hospital - based biobank information , genomic data and electronic health records . Ultimately the initiative intends to make knowledge bases , along with accompanying tools , available to researchers .