IMMUNE
According to the CDC, the mortality rate attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 in the USA is 7.3%. then why the remaining 92.7% don't die?
It is because of their immune system, individuals who have a stronger immune system has a better chance to survive. Inadequate intake of vitamins, trace elements, and nutrients are widespread, leading to a decrease in resistance to infections and as a consequence an increase in disease burden.{1}
So the solution is a smartphone app “IMMUNE” which supports the immune system through maintaining the vitamin levels within the normal range.
It calculates the amount of vitamins and nutrients you need daily and reminds you to take it at an accurate time, so they don't interact with each other, with a statistical diagram shows progress.
All you need is to provide it with the health status report, including vitamin levels, blood profile, and special health conditions.
The COVID-19 Pandemic has put the world on the edge, showing us the true efficiency of our health care system which gave us a challenge to improve the health care process. According to the CDC , the mortality rate attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 during week 23 in the USA is 7.3% {2} The question is why the remaining 92.7% of patients do not die from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2?
It is because of the immune system, individuals who have a stronger immune system has a better chance to survive. “ A wealth of mechanistic and clinical data show that vitamins, including vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and folate; trace elements, including zinc, iron, selenium, magnesium, and copper; and the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid play important and complementary roles in supporting the immune system. Inadequate intake and status of these nutrients are widespread, leading to a decrease in resistance to infections and as a consequence an increase in disease burden.{1}
IMMUNE is a smartphone app that calculates the amount of vitamins and nutrients you need daily and gives a precise plan according to your epigenetic conditions and your unique health status and reminds you to take the supplements at the right time, so they don't interact with each other. It also gives a statistical diagram shows the progress accomplished during the month, with small tips to support the immune system. All you need is to do is to provide it with your health status report, including your vitamin levels, blood profile, antioxidant capacity, and any special health conditions, and update it every 3 months. The aim of "Immune" is to give each person appropriate care to keep them in good health so that their immune system can stand up to the pathogens.
It will give the health care system the ability to avoid the large numbers in the ICU which decrease the economic cost on the government and increase the community health status to be prepared for the next pandemic
I need the help of solve community to develop this app based on artificial intelligence, and the reliable scientific papers to make it precise and accurate
the solution serves every individual have a smartphone it will help them to maintain in good health other than starting to treat the disease after suffering from symptoms
It also helps pregnant women to keep their nutrients level in good range to provide the fetus with a fair amount of nutrients.
In the near term " Immune " improves the prevention of COVID-19 spread and for the long term it improves the individual health which gives the community a strong immunity against other pathogens so the health care system can be prepared for any future pandemic.
- Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea
- A new application of an existing technology
To prevent COVID-19 spread most techniques works on preventing the contact with other infected person using masks or sterilization which is good but not the best since the opportunity of infection still exist.
Immune efficiency appears even if the person got infected it helps the immune system to protect the body and to be ready anywhere and any time. Immune provides the individual with precise medicine according to the unique conditions for every person to give him precise accurate care.
Immune gives the health care system the ability to avoid the large numbers in the ICU which decrease the economic cost on the government and increase the community health status to be prepared for the next pandemic
Immune integrates medicine with technology And the most innovative thing about it that it provides your immune system with support to fight many other disease such as cardiovascular diseases, cystic fibrosis, cancer, liver, and gastrointestinal diseases{4} dementia, neurodegenerative pathology{2} and periodontal disease, as well as those implicated in bone metabolism.{3} Immune Also has a significant effect on pregnant women "An increased need for vitamins and microelements supplementation is observed in both pregnant and breast-feeding women. Proper vitamin supply seems to be essential for normal deficiency of a few vitamins may lead to congenital defects.It needs to be remember however, that too large doses of vitamins may act as toxic agents, disturb homeostasis and proper metabolism of other vitamins"{8}
Immune is a mobile application depends on biotechnology to provide an accurate result and AI to involve precision medicine and could be developed using blockchain to provide personal Data security.
*The health status report update will be needed every three months to check on the program prediction of the progress (the amount of vitamins the body adsorbed ) depending on AI. when the machine learning starts to give accurate and precise result there is no need for the regular update of the health status report.
Immune is still in the stage of concept, with your help it can be a real effective solution and these are some academic papers that support it:
"Vitamin C is best known for its antioxidant properties, being able to scavenge damaging reactive oxygen species, thus protecting the body’s cells and tissues from oxidative damage and dysfunction. However, the vitamin also has numerous other important functions within the body, many of which are known to support healthy immune function. During infection, vitamin C levels can become depleted and a person’s requirement for vitamin C increases with the severity of the infection"{5}
" Despite food supplements are habitually intended to correct nutritional deficiencies or to support specific physiological functions, they are often combined with common drug therapies to improve the patient's health and/or mitigate the symptoms of many chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cystic fibrosis, cancer, liver and gastrointestinal diseases."{4}
" To reduce the risk of infection, it is recommended that people at risk of influenza and/or COVID-19 consider taking 10,000 IU/d of vitamin D3 for a few weeks to rapidly raise 25(OH)D concentrations, followed by 5000 IU/d. The goal should be to raise 25(OH)D concentrations above 40-60 ng/mL (100-150 nmol/L)"{6}
"an important group at risk of inadequate micronutrient intake: young adults, often women, with a demanding lifestyle who are physically active and whose dietary behaviour is characterized by poor choices and/or regular dieting. Micronutrient supplementation can alleviate deficiencies, but supplements must be taken for an adequate period of time."{7}
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Biotechnology / Bioengineering
- Software and Mobile Applications
IMMUNE is a smartphone app that calculates the amount of vitamins you need daily and gives a precise plan according to your epigenetic conditions and your unique health status and reminds you to take the supplements on the accurate time, so they don't interact with each other. It also gives a statistical diagram shows the progress accomplished during the month, with small tips to support the immune system. All you need is to provide it with your health status report including your vitamin levels, Total antioxidant capacity, blood profile, and any special health conditions, and update it every 3 months. The aim of "Immune" is to give each person appropriate care to supply the body with a suitable amount of nutrients to keep them in good health so that their immune system can stand up to the pathogens
- Women & Girls
- Pregnant Women
- Infants
- Children & Adolescents
- Elderly
- Urban
- Middle-Income
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
within the next year, immune will be specialized with nutrients and supplement which have the biggest effect on the immune system particularly such as vitamin C, vitamin D and iron to get out of this pandemic with better immunity.
within the next 5 years, many other vitamins and minerals with antioxidant and nutrients will be included to provide precise care for pregnant women and many other chronic diseases
It also will serve a larger number of population to have a strong immune system ready for the future pandemics
The essential data about the human body needs of vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidant and nutrients with its normal range is accessible from the existing research papers, but what we need is a strong AI program to calculate the data and to give precise care we also need strong personal data security through the blockchain.
And we need to get approval from the FDA- Food and Drug Administration to gain the trust of the costumers.
To get that we need a team with expert programmers and Medical laboratory scientist.
we also need to make sure that all the data is accurate to get the most precise results.
- Not registered as any organization
one it's just me for now
Fatima Mohammad Al-Bostah , medical laboratory science student
I am a medical laboratory science student in my third year , at the university of Jordan, interested in finding solutions for the current problems to make the world a better place, I am following up with the latest researches and news about COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, and trying to figure out how to contribute in finding a solution. then I found this opportunity to share my idea and to make it a real effective solution.
In 2016 participated in First Lego League -FLL- championship, it's a global championship for designing and programming robots and innovative applied research, I gained with my team the champion's award second place above more than 114 teams from all over the world in Spain.
This experience gave me the ability to design an effective solution, with a responsibility to help the world.
As a medical laboratory science student, I am interested in the natural ability of the immune system to fight illness,precision medicine and contributing medicine with the latest technology such as machine learning , blockchain and big date to improve the health care process
Immune takes the health care process to another level, since it concentrate on preventing the Illness, In contrast to waiting the patient to suffer from illness and only then start the treatment.
The costumer could be ,a health care company , a pharmaceutical company, Health insurance companies or the government.
To achieve the greatest benefit, it is preferable to reduce the cost to the user so that it can be used by a larger number of people, to rise the Community health status to make it ready for any future pandemic and to reuse the cost of the health care on the government or the Health insurance companies.
for the user it well help hem to have a healthy life avoiding chronic diseases and having a well aging life.
The impact of "Immune" on the society is much more than the effort to make it real.
- Organizations (B2B)
I am working on improving the community health status to make it ready for any future pandemic and to reduce the infection spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and to reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19
Another important issue "Immune" solves is the increase demand on vitamins and nutrients during pregnancy
- Business model
- Solution technology
- Board members or advisors
- Marketing, media, and exposure
" Immune " is still a concept and it needs every cent of funding to be a real effective solution.
All the funding will be used to develop the application depending on biotechnology , block chain, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Immune needs an effort to be done but it deserve it.
I am working on improving the community health status to make it ready for any future pandemic and to reduce the infection spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and to reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19.
An important issue "Immune" solves is the increase demand on vitamins and nutrients during pregnancy.
"Proper nutritional status of women before, during, and after pregnancy is an important element of reproductive health. It maintains maternal health and reduces the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome, birth defects and chronic disease in children later in postnatal life. Pregnancy creates a special metabolic demand for high-quality nutrients. With careful food selection, it is possible to obtain most of the recommended levels of nutrients.""9"
