Is Artificial Intelligence The Best Solution For Diagnosing Rare Diseases?

Diseases affecting a small number of individuals as opposed to the general population are called rare diseases. In nature, rare diseases seldom occur thus making the method of procuring the correct diagnosis immensely difficult for medical specialists and patients. While there is a small number of rare disease cases, the impact can be quite confounding. There are more than 6,000 known rare diseases and at least one of them affects an estimate of 3.5 percent of the global population at any time. People who have been suffering from rare diseases could benefit from an accurate and timely diagnosis.