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Matchmaking for Medical Research

Dating sites like E-Harmony and Match.com use complex math to bring people together. Now, a project funded by the Michael J. Fox foundation is leveraging similar matchmaking algorithms to link people with Parkinson’s disease to appropriate clinical trials. 

Journalist Neal Ungerleider wrote about the Fox Trial Findertool for Fast Company. 

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