Chen Tianqiao, founder of TCCI, said: "The idea came from Chinese clinicians, and we hope to fund and support doctors around the world to find special cases and collaborate with scientists in neurological, cognitive, artificial intelligence and other cross-cutting research."

"Venus of Life Sciences"

It was Professor Zhao Chongbo, vice president of Huashan Hospital and a renowned neurologist, who proposed the concept of "exploring the Venus of life sciences". He said: "Venus rotates in the opposite direction to the other planets in the solar system, and the study of it has made many astrophysical advances. I'm confident that in the life sciences, this kind of personality research will yield surprising results."

Professor Xu Yifeng, director of the Brain Health Research Institute of the National Medical Center for Mental Illness, said that special cases are different from rare disease cases and difficult disease cases,

the key is whether it is special enough, and whether the research can find new horizons and blind spots in basic research and clinical research, and produce new breakthroughs.

He introduced that the first batch of pilot internal collection of the program received more than 20 domestic and foreign cases, and under the premise of ensuring compliance with medical ethics regulations, five were approved by the expert committee.

For example, a patient with a congenital complete absence of the corpus callosum has split the function of the left and right brain, and there is no difference between learning, working and living with normal people for decades. This phenomenon is very special,

because the vast majority of patients will have severe symptoms such as intellectual disability and paralysis. The study of this case provides a rare opportunity to explore the compensatory mechanism of the left-right brain connection and understand the plasticity of the brain.

Another example, another research object is an autistic patient with photographic memory ability, hoping to uncover the mystery of how the human brain achieves super memory ability through in-depth research.

The same batch of funding also received three follow-up projects, such as narcolepsy and schizophrenia co-morbidity, early-onset temporal lobe dementia, looking forward to studying these special cases and exploring new ways to treat brain diseases.

Xu Yifeng introduced that the International academic community of Special Cases has organized a committee of experts to review the cases reported by doctors every three months, including whether they have enough particularity and research value,

whether they are true and in line with medical ethics. The funded projects are divided into three levels, the follow-up type is less than 50,000 yuan, mainly to collect complete case data. 100,000 to 300,000 yuan for research, more than 300,000 yuan for in-depth research, funding collaborative research by doctors and interdisciplinary scholars.

It is revealed that the founders of TCCI, Chen Tianqiao and Mr. And Mrs. Luo Qianqian, especially proposed to provide additional humanistic care such as economic subsidies for special patients who cooperate with the research.

The second collection of the program will be launched in July, and the collection scope includes current and past case clues in neurological and psychiatric fields. Interested doctors are welcome to log on to UniCaseHub.com.cn, understand the relevant rules and submit applications, actively provide clues, and participate in case exchange and discussion.

In addition to financial support, the International Academic Community for Special Cases provides academic support for selected special cases, including organizing international case report sharing and academic seminars,

and supporting the publication of medical papers. The community will use technical means to strictly protect the privacy of cases and data security, and will also invest in self-developed AI models to strengthen research and analysis capabilities.

This idea is extremely unique and innovative

During the preparation of the international academic community for special cases and the internal collection of the project, it has received high interest and praise from the medical community at home and abroad.

Xiang Qian, tenured professor and clinical director of pain and neurosurgery at Stanford University, said: "This line of thought is also extremely unique and innovative on an international scale.

I am very much looking forward to the community gathering interested clinical and related scholars from around the world to share and collaborate on research around these extremely valuable cases."

Professor Zhao Min, president of the Shanghai Mental Health Center, said that Finis Gage, one of the most famous patients in the history of neuroscience, was damaged by an iron rod through the skull and destroyed the frontal lobe.

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