7th Feb 2025 – Dr Sammy Eden
Professor Daniel Royston is a haematopathologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust who is using AI to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of blood cancer. Here he writes about the benefits of AI in his research.
AI imagines what a Blood Cancer UK researcher using AI in their work might look like. This image was AI generated for illustrative purposes.
AI is ever present in our world today
The majority of us use AI regardless of whether we realise it, and whether we like it or not. From social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, to Google Maps, to computer tools such as Spell Check and virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa. AI has been around for decades, but the rate of development and growth of AI is now surprising us all.
There is a lot of speculation and uncertainty around the use and impact of artificial intelligence or AI. I want to illustrate that when used responsibly, AI is truly a force for good in the healthcare space. But of course, I would say that… because I’m currently harnessing AI to help beat blood cancer.