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🧪GitLab founder uses AI to design his own cancer treatment

GitLab founder Sytse Sijbrandij built a personalized treatment approach after a rare spinal cancer returned and standard options were exhausted.

He gathered full datasets on himself, including genetics, scans, and medical records, and used AI to structure information, generate hypotheses, and find relevant research.

The process became an iterative testing loop, where multiple treatment ideas were explored in parallel and adjusted over time, similar to an R&D pipeline.

He is now in remission. AI acted as a tool to organize and accelerate decisions alongside resources and access.

Read more: https://sytse.com/cancer/

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