The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (commonly, MIT Jameel Clinic; previously, J-Clinic) is a
research center
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Mathematics
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* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentric ...
at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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(MIT) in the field of
artificial intelligence
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(AI) and health sciences, including disease detection,
drug discovery
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Historically, drugs were discovered by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or ...
, and the development of
medical device
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s. The MIT Jameel Clinic also supports the commercialization of solutions through grant funding, and has partnered with pharmaceutical companies, like