How AI is transforming Spain’s healthcare – from ‘digital hearts’ to ‘predicting strokes’ [Video]

ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) is at the forefront of modern medicine, offering solutions to long-standing challenges across diagnostics, treatment, and drug discovery. 

In Spain, this technological revolution is gaining momentum, with several institutions and companies leading the charge.

It comes as no surprise, as Spain has recently become one of the forerunners in global medical research, establishing itself as an international science and technology powerhouse. 

Among Spain’s recents achievements are digital hearts used to quickly and cheaply test new treatments, AI models to develop new medicines and robot counsellors to help patients make important medical decisions. 

Barcelona leads with virtual hearts

Two Barcelona-based organisations, Elem Biotech and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, have developed a groundbreaking virtual replica of the human heart. 

This model can be personalised for individual patients, enabling precise testing of drugs and treatments.

According to Elem’s co-founder Mariano Vazquez: “Nature can be interpreted using mathematics. In the same way you can do human …