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Competition: CURE-Bench: Competition on Reasoning Models for Drug Decision-Making in Precision Therapeutics Sat, Dec 6, 2025 • 2:05 PM – 2:50 PM PST

Biomedical AI Agents: From Reasoning to Discovery

Shekoofeh Azizi

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Abstract

The field of biomedical AI is undergoing a paradigm shift, evolving from static prediction tools to generalist agents capable of reasoning, tool use, and scientific discovery. This talk explores this transition from passive models to active agents and presents Google DeepMind’s latest advancements in the space, including TxGemma, MedGemma, and Cell2Sentence (C2S).