Researchers use AI to predict progression of neurodegenerative diseases: Researchers with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have created an artificial intelligence platform for tracking and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.

Researchers with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have created an artificial intelligence platform for tracking and predicting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. The platform, developed by professor Boaz Lerner of the university's department of industrial engineering and management, will first be used for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig's disease. ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes death of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. This muscle atrophy leads to progressive weakness and paralysis, difficulty speaking, swallowing and breathing. The researchers then plan to use the platform for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.