Greater Nashua
South student creates AI model for early detection of Alzheimer’s
NASHUA - At just 16 years old, Ameya Kharade, a sophomore at Nashua High School South, has developed a remarkable new way of detecting Alzheimer’s disease early enough to give patients another chance at life. On May 16, Regeneron and Society for Science announced that Kharade was one of the winners of the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair for his project, Novel Brain Aging Analysis With CLIMB. In addition to his first place finish, Kharade also received $6,000. Developed using artificial intelligence, Kharade said his Connectivity-based Learning with Iterative Multistage Brain analysis is capable of looking at a brain scan to determine how old that particular brain acts. “Not your birthday age, your brain age,” he said. “That matters because in Alzheimer’s, your brain can start breaking down decades before memory loss starts. Right now, ...
