IBM and Michael J. Fox Foundation use AI to predict progression of Parkinson’s disease

"New research published in Lancet Digital Health details a new AI model that groups typical symptom patterns of Parkinson’s disease. The model also predicts the progression of these symptoms in timing and severity by learning from longitudinal patient data.
Chances are, you know that Michael J. Fox—the actor who played Marty McFly in the iconic “Back to the Future” movies—has Parkinson’s disease. But when he first disclosed his condition in 1998, the world gasped. He revealed that he had been diagnosed seven years earlier, at the age of 29. Just a few years later, in 2000, Fox launched The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to help search for treatments and a cure for this condition that affects an estimated more than six million people, globally.
Since then, MJFF’s team of in-house neuroscientists and business strategists have been working side-by-side with science and technology researchers, clinicians, industry partners and patients around the world to fund the most promising research to better understand and treat the disease. In July 2018, a unique partnership was launched between the Foundation and IBM Research to apply machine learning to advance scientific breakthroughs..." Lire la suite