Najjar pointed to recent research involving pancreatic cancer, saying artificial intelligence models are helping researchers recognize patterns that would otherwise take physicians decades of experience to identify. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer because it is often diagnosed after it has already spread beyond the pancreas. But when pancreatic cancer is detected before it spreads outside the pancreas, the five-year survival rate increases to 44%. "Researchers were able to identify signs of pancreatic cancer up to 16 months ahead of human readers," Najjar said. HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE"Many cancer treatments are around figuring out which molecule binds to the right protein for a given cancer," Najjar said, explaining that AI "dramatically speeds up drug development."