Revolutionising early detection of Alzheimer's

摘要

Currently, diseases like Alzheimer's are diagnosed when symptoms such as memory loss start to show. Sadly, by this stage the disease has been quietly taking hold of the brain for up to two decades. To have the best chance of halting these diseases, we need to identify early signs and intervene, protecting the brain and preventing symptoms so they never get in the way of life. Digital technology can pick up subtle early changes in the way we behave - our sleep, speech, interactions and movement - that are undetectable to the human eye. Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN) is an ambitious project spearheaded by Alzheimer's Research UK that is harnessing the power of digital technology to transform how we detect Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases in the future.