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Can machine learning predict responses to TNF inhibitors?

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A machine learning model to predict whether patients with rheumatoid arthritis will respond to TNF inhibitors has been produced following an international crowd-sourced competition, but is the mixture of clinical and omics biomarkers used in this model optimal for clinical use?

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  1. Centre of Genetics & Genomics Versus Arthritis, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Nisha Nair

  2. University College Dublin Centre for Arthritis Research, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Anthony G. Wilson

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Nair, N., Wilson, A.G. Can machine learning predict responses to TNF inhibitors?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 15, 702–704 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-019-0320-9

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