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Virtual Brain Twin for personalised treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Descrizione del progetto

Megadati: una svolta per l’assistenza per la salute mentale

Nell’UE, circa 165 milioni di persone soffrono di disturbi mentali, e le previsioni indicano che entro il 2030 diventeranno il principale onere economico della medicina. La schizofrenia, che colpisce l’1 % della popolazione mondiale, è fonte di particolare preoccupazione. Gli antipsicotici esistenti dimostrano un’efficacia limitata per molti pazienti. Fattori che vanno dalla predisposizione genetica alle influenze sociali complicano i risultati del trattamento, lasciando una porzione significativa di malati con cure inadeguate. In questo contesto, il progetto VIRTUAL BRAIN TWIN, finanziato dall’UE, sfrutterà la simulazione neuronale avanzata, gli strumenti di intelligenza artificiale e le competenze cliniche. Tale ecosistema guiderà i medici nell’esplorazione di trattamenti alternativi come la stimolazione cerebrale. Con un’attenzione particolare alla cura personalizzata, la piattaforma Virtual Brain Twin integra megadati e calcolo ad alte prestazioni all’interno dell’infrastruttura sicura EBRAINS.

Obiettivo

In the EU, about 165 million people are affected each year by mental disorders, and estimates indicate that mental disorders will become the number 1 economic cost factor in medicine in 2030. Schizophrenia alone affects approximately 1% of the world's population. The clinical effectiveness of the antipsychotics on the market remains limited with 30 to 50% of schizophrenic patients showing an insufficient response to treatment. Several factors, from genetic to psychological and social, may lie behind poor treatment outcomes or side effects and varies from patient to patient.

Therefore, the central aim of the VIRTUAL BRAIN TWIN project is to create an ecosystem for generating virtual brain twins for psychiatric patients, by leveraging the consortium’s detailed knowledge and expertise in neuronal microcircuit simulation, mathematical analysis, innovative AI tools, and psychiatric care and clinical studies. This ecosystem will guide clinicians to optimise medication type and dosage, and to evaluate alternative treatments, such as brain stimulation and lifestyle changes. Multiscale cause-effect simulations and virtual brain simulations based on fMRI or sMRI data from the individual patient, will bridge the gap between molecules and the patient's brain.

At the centre of this ecosystem will be the Virtual Brain Twin platform, which will make use of big data, multiscale modelling, and high-performance computing (HPC) that will be secured by appropriate data safety and protection. The platform will be embedded in the European digital neuroscience research infrastructure EBRAINS and will be initially accessible to neuroscientists, clinical researchers, and mathematical modellers, and in the future, to clinicians, and patients as well. This ground-breaking project will pave the way for personalised treatment of psychiatric disorders, with the potential to significantly improve the quality of life of patients suffering from these conditions.

Coordinatore

EBRAINS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 228 722,50
Indirizzo
CHAUSSEE DE LA HULPE 166, GLAVERBEL
1170 Bruxelles / Brussel
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Regione
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Tipo di attività
Research Organisations
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 1 228 722,50

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