M4-HEALTH: a new model for health using digital twins and AI

Purpose and goal

This project aims to create a new "model for health" (M4-HEALTH). The basis for this new model is a world-unique technology that we have spent the last 25 years developing: physiologically based digital twins. These twins are computer copies of patients, which range from inside of cells to the entire body. Our vision is that this technology will form connecting bridges in a new ecosystem for health: including researchers, relatives, clinicians and commercial actors.

Expected effects and result

We are already mature enough to conduct two pilot studies to validate the idea. In parallel, we will create detailed plans for how new groups can integrate their data and models, and for how the consortium can be expanded to new end users. Since we are the first in the world to reach this maturity, the overall goal is to overtake the US and China in the next major revolution within AI, and to make Sweden the epicenter of this development: both scientifically and commercially.

Planned approach and implementation

We will conduct two pilot projects: one in preventive care and one in eldercare. We will also create new concrete showcases to illustrate how other research groups can integrate their data and computer models with our integrated digital twins for the whole body. We will also have a physical workshop, where we invite external actors, both within Sweden and internationally, to discuss and plan for how these proof-of-principle results can be generalized into an expandable ecosystem.