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UK's £80M Bet on AI to Halve Dementia Diagnosis Time

UK's £80M Bet on AI to Halve Dementia Diagnosis Time

The national research agency is backing nine new technologies to cut waiting times down to 18 weeks. Trials in the National Health Service will test faster brain scans, blood tests, and artificial intelligence to predict disease progress. Over 72,000 people died from dementia across the UK last year, according to figures shared by UK Research and Innovation.

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