on wednesday at vp biden 's national cancer moonshot summit , va and ibm launched a public - private partnership to help doctors expand and scale access to precision medicine over the next two years for 10,000 american veterans with cancer .
that means sequencing his or her genome -- the complete dna structure packed into a single health care group .
the initiative , which will be implemented here 's a question ibm supercomputer watson never got to ask on " jeopardy " : what is a cure for cancer ?
the partnership will bring ibm unveiled watson for genomics , specifically designed for this task , at the national cancer moonshot summit on wednesday .
ibm is teaming up with the federal government to bring watson technology into america ’s largest hospital and healthcare network .
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va oncologists michael kelley ( left ) and neil spector review a watson for genomics dna analysis report .
watson , best known for beating champions ken jennings and brad rutter on the game show , will get its chance as it aids scientists using analysis of gene structures to figure out the cause of and potential cures for different strains of cancer .
ibm watson for genomics technology is expected to help doctors expand and scale access to precision medicine over the next two years for 10,000 american veterans with cancer .