“Cancer research, from yeast to AI”

The Italian researcher working in Houston takes stock after the recent Trento Symposium: “In recent years, it has emerged that the nervous system plays a role in these diseases. The context is complex.” So says Giulio Draetta, internationally renowned oncologist, Scientific Director at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and member of the Scientific Committee of the Pezcoller Symposium.

«Cancer research has made huge strides, to the point of changing the very way we look at tumors: no longer just a mass, but a kind of true organ in which the body as a whole plays a role. With artificial intelligence, progress can accelerate even further—but only if many challenges are overcome: not only technical ones, but also ethical and cultural».