Biomedical research underpins progress in our understanding of human health and disease, drug discovery, and clinical care. However, with the growth of complex lab experiments, large datasets, many analytical tools, and expansive literature, biomedical research is increasingly constrained by repetitive and fragmented workflows that slow discovery and limit innovation, underscoring the need for a fundamentally new way to scale scientific expertise. Here, we introduce Biomni, a general-purpose biomedical AI agent designed to autonomously execute a wide spectrum of research tasks across diverse biomedical subfields.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGermline variants that disrupt components of the epigenetic machinery cause syndromic neurodevelopmental disorders. Using exome and genome sequencing, we identified variants in , a lysine demethylase crucial for embryonic development, in 18 individuals with developmental delays and/or intellectual disabilities. The severity ranged from learning disabilities to severe intellectual disability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is growing consensus in favor of returning individual specific research results that are clinically actionable, valid, and reliable. However, deciding what and how research results should be returned remains a challenge. Researchers are key stakeholders in return of results decision-making and implementation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe majority of patients undergoing exome or genome sequencing receive a nondiagnostic result. Periodic reanalysis is known to increase diagnostic yield from exome sequencing, yet laboratory reanalysis practices are obscure. We sought to define the landscape of exome and genome reanalysis across clinical laboratories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCRISPR-Cas genome editing is transformative; however, there is no simple tool available for determining the optimal genome editing technology to create specific mutations for experimentation or to correct mutations as a curative therapy for specific diseases. We developed editABLE, an online resource (editable-app.stanford.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCasitas B-lineage lymphoma (CBL) encodes an adaptor protein with E3-ligase activity negatively controlling intracellular signaling downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases. Somatic CBL mutations play a driver role in a variety of cancers, particularly myeloid malignancies, whereas germline defects in the same gene underlie a RASopathy having clinical overlap with Noonan syndrome (NS) and predisposing to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and vasculitis. Other features of the disorder include cardiac defects, postnatal growth delay, cryptorchidism, facial dysmorphisms, and predisposition to develop autoimmune disorders.
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