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Alireza Minagar
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🧠 Decoding the Brain: How AI and Code Are Unlocking the Secrets of Dementia

By: Alireza Minagar, MD, MBA, MS (Bioinformatics) software engineer
Brain, Dementia, AI, Coding
The brain remains the most intricate, least understood organ in the human body. Its decline, especially in conditions like dementia, continues to outpace our ability to treat or even fully comprehend it.

But now, coding is stepping in where conventional science has struggled.

We are no longer just observing neurons under a microscope β€” we are simulating their behavior in code, visualizing their degeneration, and modeling entire cognitive systems using artificial intelligence.

πŸ” AI deciphers subtle speech changes that precede dementia.
πŸ“Š Code translates memory scores into real-time neural decline predictions.
🧬 Bioinformatics reveals hidden genomic clues linked to neurodegeneration.

As a neurologist and software engineer, I see each line of code as a lens into the mind β€” one that turns raw data into understanding, and understanding into precision therapies.

The goal is not just to delay decline.
The goal is to decode the brain β€” in health, in aging, and in dementia β€” and to reprogram hope where memory fades.

We are on the brink of neurological code literacy β€” where clinicians, researchers, and developers co-author the future of brain science.

And for the first time, that future feels programmable.

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PETER CR

Happy to see your approach Alireza.
Many dementia sufferers and their despairing family members will cheering be the success of neurological code literacy and what it means for the future.....