New Delhi, April 28 -- Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of the future, but it has already become a real hero for many families living with rare diseases.

When Julian Isla's newborn son Sergio suddenly started shaking during a bath, panic set in. What followed was an exhausting 10-month search for answers, filled with hospital visits, misdiagnoses, and heartbreaking uncertainty. Sergio was eventually diagnosed with Dravet syndrome, a severe neurological condition that causes frequent and dangerous seizures. But by then, he had already suffered greatly.

Julian, a software engineer at Microsoft in Madrid, realised something powerful: technology, especially AI, could help stop other families from going through the same ni...