S6E04: The Power of Digital Twins

S6E04: The Power of Digital Twins

From Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar by Genentech

July 16, 2025 · 38 min

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of digital twins and their application in drug discovery and development.

Digital twins are virtual models of real-world systems that have been gaining momentum as a powerful tool in drug discovery and development. We touched on this concept last season when we covered computational advancements in drug discovery. Now, we’re taking a deeper dive into the power of digital twins. By leveraging genomics, physical health data, lab results, and other clinical datasets, digital twins allow researchers to model certain diseases, help predict treatment outcomes, and more efficiently optimize dosing strategies for clinical studies. In this episode, co-host Maria Wilson is joined by Iraj Hosseini, Distinguished Scientist and Director, gRED Development Sciences, to explore how digital twins could simulate thousands of "what if" scenarios, paving the way for faster and more patient-centric therapeutic strategies. Read the full text transcript at www.gene.com/stories/the-power-of-digital-twins

People in this episode

Host: Maria Wilson

Guest: Iraj Hosseini

Topics covered

  • digital twins
  • drug discovery
  • genomics
  • clinical studies

Keywords

  • virtual models
  • treatment outcomes
  • dosing strategies
  • patient-centric

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