What was the impact of the AI solution?

The platform is accelerating research progress by as much as 65%. It supports free access for researchers around the world and has been used in 582 investigations. It expanded through ongoing data contributions and now serves more than 2,500 people living with ALS.

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Microsoft

Answer ALS uses Azure (Neuromine) with Azure AI Search and Foundry chatbot to accelerate ALS research

Use case typeResearch collaborationUpdated Jan 1, 2025

Answer ALS built Neuromine on Microsoft Azure to create a secure, scalable research hub for ALS data.

Organization: Answer ALS
Industry: Healthcare
Location: United States
Published: January 2025

Reported outcomes

+65%

research progress accelerationOther quantified impact

Strategic outcomes

Other strategic outcomeEnabled global free access to ALS research dataScale & capacityCreated an ever-expanding ALS research hubRisk & complianceProtected patient privacy and research data security

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Use case focus

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1Research collaboration
2Search modernization
3Conversational assistants

Researchers worldwide needed reliable, secure access to diverse ALS datasets while protecting patient privacy.

Neuromine was built on Azure to house trillions of data points.
Azure AI Search powers fast querying over disease trajectory and DNA.
Microsoft Entra ID manages researcher identities and access.
Azure Key Vault protects secrets and Azure Blob Storage houses anonymized data.
Azure Front Door supports reliable, fast content delivery.
Answer ALS is developing a chatbot in Microsoft Foundry to answer user questions and direct researchers to relevant data.

Technologies

Azure Blob Storage Azure Front Door Azure AI Search Microsoft Entra ID Azure Key Vault Microsoft Foundry

The platform is accelerating research progress by as much as 65%.
It supports free access for researchers around the world and has been used in 582 investigations.
It expanded through ongoing data contributions and now serves more than 2,500 people living with ALS.

Architecture

Neuromine is an Azure-based research hub with anonymized data stored in Azure Blob Storage, identity governed by Microsoft Entra ID, secrets protected with Azure Key Vault, content delivered through Azure Front Door, search powered by Azure AI Search, and a Microsoft Foundry chatbot being developed for Q&A and researcher navigation.

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Groundedness: 5/5Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jan 1, 2025Publisher: MicrosoftEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High

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