How AI is creating a digital twin of the human brain

According to Alzheimer Disease International, there are 10 million new cases of dementia across the world every year. That’s the equivalent of a new case every 3 seconds.


It’s a devastating disease which manifests differently in different patients, but a new and novel approach could revolutionize treatment. A team from University College London is developing a foundational AI model of the human brain, with the hope it can be trained to trial individualised treatment plans for dementia sufferers, as well as better understand the disease.


Our guest this week is one of the project leaders. Parashkev Nachev is a Professor of Neurology at University College London. His team have been working in collaboration with HPE to create these AI-based digital twin, bringing together the best of AI and human medical expertise.


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Sources and statistics cited in this episode:
AI methods for earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/artificial-intelligence-ai-dementia (https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/artificial-intelligence-ai-dementia%20)
Statistics on Alzheimer’s disease: https://www.alzint.org/about/dementia-facts-figures/dementia-statistics/#:~:text=There%20are%20over%2010%20million,new%20case%20every%203.2%20seconds 
Precision medicine statistics: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/precision-medicine-market-worth-50-2-billion--marketsandmarkets-301918806.html#:~:text=Precision%20Medicine%20Market%20in%20terms,new%20report%20by%20MarketsandMarkets%E2%84%A2.
A wearable breast cancer screening device: https://news.mit.edu/2023/wearable-ultrasound-scanner-breast-cancer-0728 (https://www.alzint.org/about/dementia-facts-figures/dementia-statistics/#:~:text=There%20are%20over%2010%20million,new%20case%20every%203.2%20seconds%20%20Precision%20medicine%20statistics:%20https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/precision-medicine-market-worth-50-2-billion--marketsandmarkets-301918806.html#:~:text=Precision%20Medicine%20Market%20in%20terms,new%20report%20by%20MarketsandMarkets%E2%84%A2.%20A%20wearable%20breast%20cancer%20screening%20device:%20https://news.mit.edu/2023/wearable-ultrasound-scanner-breast-cancer-0728)