Milton

Milton is a new machine-learning tool made by AstraZeneca. It can guess if someone might get over 1,000 different diseases before they are found. This smart tool uses information from nearly 500,000 people in the UK Biobank. It helps find people who might get certain diseases. Milton stands for MachIne Learning with phenoType associatiONs. It uses 67 regular health checks and 3,000 blood tests to make good guesses.

Benefits
Milton has many good points. It can guess if someone might get a disease years before it is found. This helps doctors find and treat diseases earlier. Finding diseases early is important for good treatment. Milton also helps find new ways to make medicines. It can fix mistakes in how people are grouped, making it easier to find genes that cause diseases. This helps find genes for many diseases. Milton can be used in any big group of health information, making it a helpful tool for guessing diseases.

Use Cases
Milton can be used in many ways. It is great for big groups of health information. It can find people who might get diseases. This helps doctors find and treat diseases early. Milton also helps make new medicines by showing how diseases start. Doctors and scientists can use Milton to make better tests and stop diseases before they start. Milton can be used anywhere, making it a good tool for health around the world.

Vibes
Experts like Milton a lot. Slavé Petrovski, a big boss at AstraZeneca, said Milton is great for finding disease risks in big groups of health information. Euan Ashley, a doctor at Stanford, said Milton is better than old ways of finding diseases. But some experts worry about how Milton is used. Professor Dusko Ilic said Milton could be used wrong, leading to unfair treatment and privacy problems. He said we need good rules to use Milton the right way.

Additional Information
Milton was made by the Centre for Genomics Research at AstraZeneca. This group works on many health areas and focuses on genes to make good treatments. AstraZeneca is a big company that makes medicines for cancer, rare diseases, and other health problems. All the information Milton finds is available for everyone to see through a special website.