{"id":12962,"date":"2023-10-11T22:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12962"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:06:25","slug":"ai-tackling-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/10\/11\/ai-tackling-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Tackling Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/is-the-eye-the-window-to-alzheimers-cc52f9fd\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/is-the-eye-the-window-to-alzheimers-cc52f9fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the Eye the Window to Alzheimer\u2019s?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>New AI tools could diagnose the disease with visual scans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/news\/author\/vipal-monga\" target=\"_blank\">Vipal Monga<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.wsj.net\/im-865158\/?width=1278&amp;size=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WSJ, GETTY IMAGES PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WSJ, GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting tested for Alzheimer\u2019s disease could one day be as easy as checking your eyesight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RetiSpec has developed an artificial-intelligence algorithm that it says can analyze results from an eye scanner and detect signs of Alzheimer\u2019s 20 years before symptoms develop. The tool is part of broader work by startups and researchers to harness AI to unlock the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/alzheimers-researchers-probe-new-treatment-paths-11653220802?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mysteries of a disease<\/a>\u00a0that afflicts more than seven million Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, people have studied individual hallmarks of Alzheimer\u2019s, including brain inflammation and neurodegeneration, but the exact causes of the disease remain elusive. AI, researchers say, could open a new era in the diagnosis of a neurological disease that remains difficult to identify,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/alzheimers-drugs-new-treatments-11672850623?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">let alone treat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/is-the-eye-the-window-to-alzheimers-cc52f9fd\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/is-the-eye-the-window-to-alzheimers-cc52f9fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at WSJ<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Wall Street Journal Is the Eye the Window to Alzheimer\u2019s? New AI tools could diagnose the disease with visual scans By\u00a0Vipal Monga Getting tested for Alzheimer\u2019s disease could one day be as easy as checking your eyesight.&nbsp; RetiSpec has developed an artificial-intelligence algorithm that it says can analyze results from an eye scanner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}