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AI and dementia research: Data overload and a shortage of experts
Dementia affects 57 million people worldwide, and AI is changing the pace of discovery in research aimed at helping them. Researchers face a volume of data that outstrips the number of experts available to interpret and integrate it. Despite their efforts, discovery is not keeping pace with the disease.

What to know
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There are 57 million people living with dementia worldwide.
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Research teams face overwhelming data, limited specialist capacity to synthesize it and a discovery process that lags behind the disease.
Why it matters
Data-synthesis capacity and expert availability provide important context for understanding the pace of dementia research and the discussion of AI.
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