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Introduction: Researchers in biomedicine and public health often spend weeks locating, cleansing, and integrating data from disparate sources before analysis can begin. This redundancy slows discovery and leads to inconsistent pipelines.
Methods: We created BioBricks.ai, an open, centralized repository that packages public biological and chemical datasets as modular "bricks." Each brick is a Data Version Control (DVC) Git repository containing an extract‑transform‑load (ETL) pipeline. A package‑manager-like interface handles installation, dependency resolution, and updates, while data are delivered through a unified backend (https://biobricks.ai).
Results: The current release provides >90 curated datasets spanning genomics, proteomics, cheminformatics, and epidemiology. Bricks can be combined programmatically to build composite resources; benchmark use‑cases show that assembling multi‑dataset analytic cohorts is reduced from days to minutes compared with bespoke scripts.
Discussion: BioBricks.ai accelerates data access, promotes reproducible workflows, and lowers the barrier for integrating heterogeneous public datasets. By treating data as version‑controlled software, the platform encourages community contributions and reduces redundant engineering effort. Continued expansion of brick coverage and automated provenance tracking will further enhance FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data practices across the life‑science community.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frai.2025.1599412 | DOI Listing |
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Davies Livestock Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia.
As sheep production standards progress, and animals are bred for high production in terms of the number and weight of lambs weaned per ewe, research has identified a difference in the physiology of single lambs compared to multiple born lambs. The current study aimed to report the baseline amino acid (AA) profiles and blood gas concentrations in newborn, Merino single and twin lambs. From 120 days of gestation, 50 single-bearing and 50 twin-bearing, naturally mated Merino ewes were monitored for signs of approaching parturition.
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Department of Dermatology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Department of Gastroenterology, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
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Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Novella Clinical Full Service, IQVIA, Melbourne, Australia.
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