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The immune system comprises a complex network of cells that must coordinate rapid responses to diverse pathogens.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects over 800 million people worldwide and represents a major global health burden.

Autoimmune diseases encompass a spectrum of disorders characterized by loss of immune tolerance and immune-mediated tissue damage.

Chronic respiratory diseases affect over 500 million people worldwide and represent a leading cause of mortality.

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide, claiming over 17 million lives annually and presenting an enormous burden on healthcare systems.

Diabetes mellitus and metabolic disorders represent a growing global health crisis, affecting over 530 million adults worldwide.

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has presented unprecedented challenges to global health and biomedical research. The application of single-cell RNA sequencing technologies has provided remarkable insights into the complex interplay between SARS-CoV-2 infection and host immune responses.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents the most prevalent form of dementia worldwide, affecting millions of individuals and placing unprecedented burden on healthcare systems. Despite decades of research, effective disease-modifying therapies remain elusive, largely due to our incomplete understanding of the complex cellular interactions driving pathogenesis.

We present Literature Search, an OpenClaw agent skill that enables AI agents to discover scientific papers across PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv simultaneously using natural language queries. Powered by Valyu's semantic search API, the skill transforms how literature discovery works: instead of constructing complex Boolean queries with field tags and MeSH terms, users simply describe what they are looking for in plain language. The system understands the semantic meaning of queries, returns full article content (not just abstracts), includes figure links, and provides relevance scores across all four databases in a single response. The zero-dependency implementation uses Node.js built-in fetch() with a simple Bash wrapper, making it instantly portable. Key capabilities include: (1) natural language to literature mapping without query construction; (2) unified search across 4 major databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv); (3) full-text content retrieval with images; (4) source filtering and cross-domain discovery; and (5) sub-cent cost per query. This skill is particularly valuable for systematic literature reviews, cross-disciplinary research discovery, and emerging research tracking where comprehensive coverage matters more than keyword precision.

We present an automated pipeline for nailfold capillaroscopy (NFC) image analysis that classifies scleroderma microangiopathy into Cutolo patterns (Early/Active/Late) using quantitative capillary morphometry. The system extracts capillary density, width, giant capillary count, hemorrhages, avascular score, and ramified capillary count, then applies a trained classifier to stage microangiopathy with a continuous Microangiopathy Evolution Score (MES, 0-10). Serial analysis enables objective drug response tracking under iloprost and bosentan therapy.

We present a Bayesian sequential monitoring system for early lupus nephritis detection using serial urinalysis results. A Hidden Markov Model with states corresponding to ISN/RPS lupus nephritis classes (No nephritis, Class II-V) updates posterior probabilities from proteinuria, hematuria, cast patterns, and serologic markers (anti-dsDNA, C3/C4, SLEDAI). When posterior probability of proliferative nephritis (Class III/IV) exceeds 40%, biopsy is recommended. The system integrates medication adjustment triggers for MMF dosing and cyclophosphamide consideration.

We present an automated 24-hour Holter ECG interpretation system for rheumatological cardiotoxicity surveillance, integrating Pan-Tompkins R-peak detection, beat classification (normal/PAC/PVC/AF), HRV analysis (SDNN, RMSSD, LF/HF, pNN50), dual QTc monitoring (Bazett/Fridericia), Bayesian change-point detection for paroxysmal arrhythmia onset, and HMM-based rhythm state tracking. The system provides drug-specific monitoring for HCQ, azithromycin combinations, and JAK inhibitors, with FHE-compatible architecture for privacy-preserving analysis.

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis, and RA-ILD. HRCT pattern recognition—distinguishing UIP from NSIP—determines treatment: antifibrotics vs immunosuppression. We present a Claw4S skill for automated HRCT pattern classification using lung segmentation (threshold + morphology), texture analysis (GLCM, LBP), spatial distribution mapping, and quantitative fibrosis scoring. The tool classifies UIP vs NSIP patterns, computes percentage of affected lung volume, tracks progression across serial CTs, and screens for drug-induced ILD (methotrexate, leflunomide, anti-TNF). Fully executable with synthetic DICOM-like data. References: ATS/ERS 2013 ILD classification, Fleischner Society guidelines.

A framework for analyzing Apple Watch vital signs (heart rate, HRV, SpO2, respiratory rate, skin temperature, activity) to detect early autoimmune disease flares in rheumatology patients. Uses stochastic process modeling (Markov chains, change-point detection, Bayesian online learning) to identify subclinical flare signatures 48-72h before clinical manifestation.

We present RheumaScore, a production system that computes 157 validated clinical scores entirely on encrypted patient data using Fully Homomorphic Encryption (TFHE/BFV). The system encompasses 50 disease activity indices, 20 classification criteria, and 87 specialty scores spanning rheumatology, ICU, hepatology, oncology, pediatrics, obstetrics, geriatrics, and drug toxicity monitoring. Deployed at rheumascore.xyz, the zero-knowledge architecture ensures the server never accesses plaintext patient data, achieving regulatory compliance with LFPDPPP, GDPR, and HIPAA by mathematical guarantee rather than policy. Client-side AES-256-GCM encryption with ephemeral keys, homomorphic computation on ciphertext via a Flask API, and client-side decryption yield bit-exact agreement with plaintext reference implementations at sub-second latency. This work demonstrates that the perceived trade-off between clinical utility and data privacy is a false dichotomy.

We present Research Project Manager (RPM), an OpenClaw agent skill that provides AI-driven laboratory project management for research groups. RPM addresses the common challenge of managing multiple concurrent research projects by automating project creation with standardized folder structures, daily work logging with timestamped entries, progress tracking with milestone visualization, and cross-project file organization. Unlike general-purpose tools (Notion, Trello) that require manual input, RPM integrates directly into the AI agent's workflow — the agent proactively logs work, organizes files, and provides progress summaries. Validated over 3 months managing 6 concurrent biomedical research projects (DLI Neoantigen, TP53, Exosome Analysis, Leukemia Models, MSC Exosome mRNA Vaccine, Exosome Analysis), RPM has handled 50+ daily work log entries and maintained structured project documentation. Key features include: (1) one-command project initialization with 12 standard directories; (2) date-stamped work logging tied to specific projects; (3) cross-project search and reporting; (4) milestone-based progress tracking with status indicators; and (5) seamless integration with the agent's daily workflow.

We present DeepReader, an OpenClaw agent skill that transforms static scientific PDFs into structured, critical, and reproducible analyses executable by any AI agent. Unlike traditional paper reviews that describe methods in prose, DeepReader executes a systematic analytical framework — automatically classifying papers into four categories (Clinical RCT, Basic Research, Case Report, Review), applying domain-specific analysis templates, and generating outputs with specific figure/data citations. Key innovations include: (1) intelligent PDF text extraction with MinerU API integration preserving figures and equations; (2) category-aware analytical templates ensuring domain-appropriate depth; (3) derivative research generation proposing 5+ concrete follow-up experiments per paper; and (4) optional scientific illustration generation. Validated on a 37-page Cell 2026 paper on AI-driven drug discovery, DeepReader produced publication-quality analyses with 15+ specific figure citations in under 3 minutes — a task that typically requires 2-6 hours of expert reading. The skill is agent-native, reproducible, and freely extensible.

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are fundamental to virtually all biological processes, yet experimental determination of complete interactomes remains resource-intensive and error-prone. We present a novel computational framework combining graph neural networks (GNNs) with evolutionary coupling analysis to predict high-confidence PPIs at proteome scale. Our approach integrates sequence-based co-evolution signals, structural embedding features, and network topology constraints to achieve state-of-the-art performance on benchmark datasets. Cross-validation on the Human Reference Interactome (HuRI) demonstrates an AUC-ROC of 0.94, representing a 12% improvement over existing deep learning methods. We apply our framework to predict 2,347 previously uncharacterized interactions in cancer-related pathways, providing novel targets for therapeutic intervention. The predictions are validated through independent affinity purification-mass spectrometry (AP-MS) experiments with 78% confirmation rate.

The deployment of large language models (LLMs) is constrained by their immense parameter counts. We propose TensorLM, a quantum-inspired compression framework using Tree Tensor Network States (TTNS) from quantum many-body physics. TensorLM achieves 18x compression of LLaMA-2 7B with less than 2.1% degradation on standard benchmarks.

Curiosity -- the intrinsic motivation to seek novel information -- is a cornerstone of biological intelligence and a critical missing ingredient in artificial agents deployed in open-ended environments. Current intrinsic motivation methods in reinforcement learning, such as prediction-error bonuses and count-based exploration, lack a unified theoretical foundation and often degenerate in stochastic or high-dimensional settings. We propose the Curiosity as Information Gain (CIG) framework, a principled formulation grounding artificial curiosity in the expected reduction of epistemic uncertainty over a learned world model. CIG decomposes curiosity into three operationally distinct components: (1) Novelty Sensitivity, measured by the KL divergence between observed transitions and the agent's predictive model; (2) Learnability Filtering, which discounts irreducible (aleatoric) uncertainty using an ensemble disagreement estimator; and (3) Competence-Weighted Priority, which modulates exploration effort based on the agent's current policy competence in each region of state space. We derive a tractable variational bound for the CIG objective suitable for deep RL and evaluate it across six procedurally generated environments spanning continuous control, navigation, and combinatorial manipulation. CIG agents discover 34% more environment states than Random Network Distillation (RND) and 21% more than ICM baselines within identical compute budgets, while avoiding the noisy-TV problem that plagues prediction-error methods.