US computing giant Intel announced Wednesday it was joining an effort to battle Parkinsons disease with new big data and wearable technologies to improve research and treatment. Intel said it would work with the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research — created by the Back to the Future Canadian-American actor — on the effort to fight the neurodegenerative brain disease second only to Alzheimers in worldwide prevalence. The research will use a new big data analytics platform that detects patterns in participant data collected from wearable technologies used to monitor symptoms, an Intel statement said. Nearly 200 years after Parkinsons disease was first described by Dr James Parkinson in 1817, we are still subjectively measuring Parkinsons disease largely the same way doctors did then, said Todd Sherer, chief executive of the foundation.
Intel to use ‘big data’ to battle Parkinson’s disease
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