Contribution featured in Le Monde: "Comment, avec l’IA, les patients virtuels et les « jumeaux numériques » s’invitent dans les essais clinique"s

Published: 09/01/2026

The prestigious French newspaper Le Monde recently featured the growing role of Generative AI in clinical research, highlighting how virtual patients, synthetic cohorts, and digital twins could transform the design and evaluation of clinical trials.

THUNDER Coordinator Prof. Zaineb Garcia was featured in Le Monde in an article exploring how artificial intelligence, virtual patients, synthetic cohorts, and digital twins are opening new perspectives for clinical trials.

The article highlights collaborative research on AI-generated virtual patients in sepsis, including work conducted with Prof. Djillali Annane. It also discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with generating synthetic patient cohorts, particularly regarding data quality, privacy, validation, and the risk of re-identification.

Read the full article in Le Monde: “Comment, avec l’IA, les patients virtuels et les « jumeaux numériques » s’invitent dans les essais cliniques”