Microsoft creates the Clinical Trials Bot, which connects patients and doctors to relevant clinical trials; drugmakers can also use it to find test subjects (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft creates the Clinical Trials Bot, which connects patients and doctors to relevant clinical trials; drugmakers can also use it to find test subjects  —  A chat bot that began as a hackathon project at Microsoft Corp.'s lab in Israel makes it easier for sick patients to find clinical trials …