Run biomedical analyses with a 150-tool agent
Stanford researchers built Biomni, an agent that runs biomedical analyses with 150 tools; the authors report it nears human level on tasks like searching databases and planning gene cloning.
Done with Custom agent
What they did
Stanford researchers, Kexin Huang and colleagues, built a medical-science agent called Biomni. They gathered tools, databases and lab methods from tens of thousands of research papers. The agent plans, finds what it needs, and writes and runs its own analysis code. It handles tasks like ranking genes, diagnosing rare diseases and designing gene cloning. Researchers ask the questions and make sense of the results.
How it went
The authors report it works well across many medical-science tasks without special instructions for each one. They say it nears human level on some tasks, such as searching databases and planning gene cloning.
Worth knowing
It still struggles where a doctor's judgment is needed.
Try it yourself
Help me with this biomedical analysis: [question, e.g. prioritize candidate genes for [phenotype]]. First lay out a step-by-step plan and list the databases or tools you would use. Wait for my approval. Then write and run the analysis code on [your data file or public dataset], showing intermediate results. End with a ranked result, the evidence behind each item, and the limitations. Clearly flag anything that would need expert or clinical judgment.
Swap the highlighted [parts] for your own details.
Source: bioRxiv · Kexin Huang et al. (Stanford) · May 30, 2025
Written with AI assistance from the original post and checked against our editorial guidelines. Results are as reported by the source, not independently verified.
