We believe that technology has the potential to transform healthcare and improve the lives of people around the world. Therefore, today we are announcing a new partnership with the Institute of Women’s Cancer, founded by France’s world-renowned Cancer Research and Treatment Center Institute Curie; Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres University), the leading research university in France; and Inserm, France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research. This partnership will involve research into how AI tools can help better with cancer along with sharing useful, science-based health information and supporting post-doctoral researchers with financing. Together we embark on a journey to revolutionize the fight against cancer, especially focusing on difficult to treat women’s cancers such as triple-negative breast cancer.
Fulfilling the urgent challenge
Breast and gynecological cancers have a devastating effect on women around the world. Breast cancer diagnoses are widespread, with almost 60,000 cases annually in France and more than 2 million women diagnosed globally by 2022, according to the latest available data. And some gynecological cancers, such as cervical cancer, are among the most common women’s cancers around the world.
Understanding these complex diseases is challenging, yet crucial to reducing death rates.
Therefore, we are proud to support the new Institute of Women’s Cancer in its mission. By utilizing the combined expertise from the Institute Curie, Université PSL and Inserm, the institute is uniquely placed to conduct large -scale research to explore the origin of tumors, their development over time and the specific features of rarer and more complex cancers.
Use of AI’s power for cancer research
This new partnership combines the institute Curies’ world-class expertise in research and medicine with Google’s advanced AI capacities: We are investigating how AI-based tools can help more accurate and effective treatments.
We will also explore the identification of new biomarkers who can predict which patients will benefit from specific therapies, especially where current treatments are not always effective.
“Combining our expertise in research with Google’s advanced technological abilities gives hope for significant progress in our mission to improve our understanding and prediction of cancer development and develop more effective treatments,” said Anne Vincent-Salomon, director of the Department of Women’s Cancer.
To further strengthen the institute’s innovative approach to holistic cancer care – to bring together experts such as post -doctoral researchers, clinicians, sociologists and economists – we will also provide AI skill training for professionals at the Institute of Women’s Cancer and Institute Curie.
To give the public the right information
Access to the right information at the right time can lead to better health results and save lives, which is why we are required to provide accessible, understandable and culturally relevant health information. YouTube will host and promote the Institute Curies channel, share reliable scientific content for combating incorrect information, raising awareness of risk factors and increasing screening and follow -up rates. Our Partnership with Institute Curie expands our commitment to health and joins other French partners such as AP-HP and Foundation for Medical Research on YouTube.
Promote collaboration with the academic community
To recognize the legacy of Marie Curie, a world-renowned scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner dedicated his life to global scientific cooperation, Google.org delivers more than $ 2 million in funding to Université PSL to accelerate applied AI-scientific research.
In addition to the research partnership with the Institute of Women’s Cancer, the program will finance research led by Université PSL Postdoctoral Fellows using AI to improve breast cancer results. The initiative will also enable Université PSL and Google Research Teams to share knowledge and promote broader scientific progress.
Postdoctoral researchers will also benefit from the experiences and case studies shared by Google researchers under the supervision of Joëlle Barral, a Senior Director of Research at Google Deepmind, and Cédric Denis-Rémis, Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development at Université PSL.
With this new partnership, we look forward to using technology to better understand the biology of women’s cancers, treat and prevent them.