Google X and Biogen Idec will fight multiple sclerosis

Not much is known about what Google’s special division of Google X does. I already wrote that from time to time we learn about the work of the unit from the news, but the main activity of Google X remains hidden from prying eyes. Now managed to learn about another project: the fight against multiple sclerosis .

Google X and partner drug company Biogen Idec decided to focus on studying this disease in order to find the best way to treat it. According to Bloomberg , the project is designed for several years. The computing power of Google will be directed to studying the histories of people with multiple sclerosis, a disease for which there is currently no medicine.

In this case, the disease manifests itself very differently in different patients. Some have a temporary stupor, while other patients are completely paralyzed. Google now plans to find out why multiple sclerosis manifests itself so differently. As for Biogen Idec, this company is developing drugs aimed at reducing the negative manifestations of multiple sclerosis (the disease cannot be completely cured, as mentioned above). If scientists make progress in studying multiple sclerosis, then Biogen Idec will be able to develop more effective treatments. At the same time, the company plans to use an individual approach to patients.
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It is worth noting that Google X not so long ago began to expand its scope of activities, affecting and health care. Last year, the unit presented a prototype of smart contact lenses that can measure blood glucose levels. In the summer, Google X specialists tried to determine what “completely healthy person” means. In addition, the unit is studying Parkinson's disease and some other projects.

Representatives of Google X reported that the unit is not going to become a pharmaceutical company; instead, Google X specialists will work together with healthcare professionals (pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies, hospitals, research institutes) to solve various problems, for example, complex, incurable now. diseases.