IBM Hopes Machine Learning Is The Key To Solving Alzheimer’s - Machine Learning News
IBM has developed a Machine Learning algorithm which shows promise for detecting and slowing the progress of Alzheimer’s disease . Alzheimer’s is a brutal disease not just for sufferers, but their loved ones too. The disease currently has no cure and causes an increasing loss of memory, confusion, and difficulty completing once familiar tasks. Ben Goudey, Staff Researcher of the Genomics Research Team at IBM Research, wrote "At IBM Research, our mission is to use AI and technology to understand how to help clinicians better detect and ultimately prevent these diseases in their early stages." IBM Australia published a paper today providing details of how machine learning and AI can be used to predict the severity of the disease and help to slow its progression. Early diagnosis helps to prepare the sufferer and their loved ones as much as possible before degeneration takes hold. Official diagnosis also helps to make the patient available for medical trials wi...