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Max Little: Um teste para o mal de Parkinson com uma chamada telefônica

Filmed Jun 2012 • Posted Aug 2012TEDGlobal 2012
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O mal de Parkinson afeta 6,3 milhões de pessoas no mundo, causando fraqueza e tremores, mas não há um modo objetivo de detectar a doença prematuramente. O matemático aplicado e TED Fellow, Max Little, está testando uma ferramenta barata e simples, que através da captura da voz é capaz de detectar o mal de Parkinson com 99% de precisão -- através de um telefonema de 30 segundos.

Max Little is a mathematician whose research includes a breakthrough technique to monitor – and potentially screen for – Parkinson's disease through simple voice recordings. Full bio »

Translated into Portuguese, Brazilian by Wanderley Jesus
Reviewed by Flávia Pritsch Simões Pires
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