My wife lives with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy - GNE Myopathy. It's a progressive muscle wasting disorder, eventually she will be bed ridden. Her parents (prominent biologists themselves) have dedicated last 25 years of their lives trying to find a cure for her through conventional science in vain.
If the work by Cody Trangbarger pays off and some how helps find a cure or at least halt the muscle wasting of GNE patients, then I will start to believe that AI is truly revolutionary and not a hyped up normal technology.
Rare disease research have always suffered from lack of funding as pharma companies don't have incentive to find a cure for small numer of patients when there are easier ways to make money from diseases which affect larger populations.
Interestingly AI companies seem to be desperate to prove the usefulness of their product and so for the first time rare diseases are getting the spotlight, I hope this works as I live with a rare disease myself.
If the work by Cody Trangbarger pays off and some how helps find a cure or at least halt the muscle wasting of GNE patients, then I will start to believe that AI is truly revolutionary and not a hyped up normal technology.
Rare disease research have always suffered from lack of funding as pharma companies don't have incentive to find a cure for small numer of patients when there are easier ways to make money from diseases which affect larger populations.
Interestingly AI companies seem to be desperate to prove the usefulness of their product and so for the first time rare diseases are getting the spotlight, I hope this works as I live with a rare disease myself.