Stanford professor: AI is just an assistant, rare disease bottleneck is biology itself
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-07
Responding to a discussion on whether AI can solve rare diseases, Stanford professor Anshul Kundaje argued that AI and automation will only assist and are not the primary bottleneck. He said rare disease requires measuring the right entities in the right cell contexts (fetal developmental and disease contexts), figuring out fundamental developmental biology, solving therapeutic delivery into the right cells, and more reliable screening.
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