Scientific American May 14, 2024
We face a moment of opportunity—and competition—in bringing digital twin technology to patients
In March, China’s Xi Jinping announced that “digital twin” technology, which uses computer simulation to manage real-world systems, is one of six “new productive forces” in which his nation will lead the world and overtake the U.S. Amid this geopolitical jousting, this simulation technology—already widely used in manufacturing—is coming to medicine. It promises to speed up a long-envisioned era of personalized medicine, which uses targeted interventions customized to each patient, to maintain or restore health.
At the heart of a digital twin is a computer simulation that captures all relevant mechanisms and features of some physical thing, whether a city or an airplane. Consider Singapore, which has...
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