Parkinson’s disease is the second most common disorder found in the US. It can be noticed when you experience a continuous loss of neurons that are responsible for producing dopamine in the brain. After some time, you can notice symptoms in cognitive and behavioral function. The early signs of Parkinson’s disease can be unnoticeable, but appear in the movement of the person. You may not detect these changes with your naked eyes. These small changes in your motor can lead to years of clinical diagnosis.
Here you will find how artificial intelligence can make a difference in the treatment.
Ihtsham ul Haq, M.D., chief of the “Movement Disorders Division,” shared his thoughts on how his team and he are using artificial intelligence to change the diagnosis’ objectivity, consistency, and speed of the Parkinson’s disease. They do a podcast at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he tells everything.
He said, “The rate of damage is often so slow that changes may be happening in your brain for 20, 30, even 40 years before symptoms show up. It occurred to us that training a machine to analyze video may be an opportunity to improve early detection. And so that’s what we did.”
If you detect the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, then the rel challenge has not started yet. Medicines that we use in big hospitals and clinics boost the level of dopamine in the body. But it is not for long-term use, and the effect can wear off after some time. You may also be affected by side effects over time.
According to Dr. Haq, it may be a big achievement if stem cell therapy can be used to transplant the dopamine-producing cells into the brains of patients who are suffering from this condition. It may help in slowing or reversing the effects of the medical condition.
He also stated that, “What’s unique about this trial, I think, is that these are cells that have been designed so that they will grow into dopamine-producing cells. (In early safety studies) There seem to be seeing some pretty spectacular changes.”