Digital twins will revolutionise healthcare: Digital twin technology has the potential to transform healthcare in a variety of ways – improving the diagnosis and treatment of patients, streamlining preventative care and facilitating new approaches for hospital planning

IN THE FUTURE, a digital twin of our genetic profile could be created for every one of us at birth. If we get ill, this 'virtual self' could be computationally treated with hundreds of thousands of drugs to ensure the most effective medication is chosen. It could also be used to discover which medical conditions we may or not be predisposed to, enabling us to prevent major diseases before they take effect.