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Experimental digital bridge spans brain and spinal cord

Posted on June 14, 2023June 13, 2023

We all know that the difficulty many of us with multiple sclerosis have walking can be caused by lesions that damage the nerves along the spinal cord. What if an electronic bridge could be built to carry nerve impulses over those damaged areas? That concept is being investigated as a way to help people who’ve been paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. Could it also apply to people with MS?…Continue Reading

Does artificial intelligence have a place in your doctor’s office?

Posted on May 8, 2023May 7, 2023

Is artificial intelligence (AI) intelligent enough to help with a multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis? Apparently so, and more. In the U.K. a project named AssistMS is studying whether AI can be used to detect and highlight changes on brain MRIs. An algorithm called icobain ms is said to be able to to detect lesions in the brain, measure brain volume, and report on how each changes over time. “Neurologists will…Continue Reading

Is Online Coronavirus Screening Useful?

Posted on March 30, 2020March 29, 2020

A number of websites are currently offering online coronavirus screening. These aren’t a full-scale test. The online sites read symptoms that you enter and then use artificial intelligence to determine how likely it is that you’re positive for the virus. But there’s a bit of a problem. An investigation by a pair of reporters from STAT reveals that different websites give different responses to the same set of symptoms. For example,…Continue Reading

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