This week, the SphereCast team interviews Mariano Vazquez, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at ELEM Biotech. ELEM Biotech uses patient data to build \u201cvirtual humans,\u201d replicating human cells, tissues, and organs and all their functions. Medical professionals can then run predictive modeling and simulation against these avatars to display the effects of various diseases and to forecast the effectiveness of treatments. ELEM\u2019s earliest work has centered around virtually replicating the human cardiovascular system.
It\u2019s not a stretch to claim that ELEM Biotech is revolutionizing medicine; it\u2019s world-changing charter seems like something straight out of a science fiction movie. But it\u2019s all true \u2014 and the ability to run experiments against real data-driven virtual humans is going to change the medical game and save some lives along the way. On the podcast, Mariano deep dives on his product and product architecture, details the benefits of this incredible technology, and discusses lessons learned from the beginning of his company to now.
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Noteworthy Quotes:
"When healthcare companies work with data, it's like an oil company. Artificial intelligence is like dealing with oil. Oil is data. The oil will always be there... But the kinds of things that we do is like an alternative energy... If you take what we do and combine it with the oil \u2014 the data \u2014 you can start a revolution."
"With our product, we've always been very concerned about portability, flexibility, and modularity. And a fourth one \u2014 efficiency. With these four things in mind, we're in a position to deploy the different parts of the platform in various locations."
"You asked me for advice? Don't give up. No matter how difficult things are \u2014 don't give up."
"The most valuable lesson I learned was that, as a researcher, I do not understand business. It's a whole different arena. I learned that I must work with someone that really knows it. And it's what we're doing now."
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