用大模型自动完成生物医学研究全流程,成功率超63%
From Intention To Implementation: Automating Biomedical Research via LLMs
- 构建多智能体系统,分步执行文献检索、实验设计与编程
- 在8个未解决目标上平均成功率达63.07%,质量优于普通系统22.0%
- 适合希望加速科研流程的研究人员,尤其擅长复杂实验自动化
传统生物医学研究因科学文献和数据集的指数级增长而日益繁重。人工智能,特别是大语言模型(LLMs),有潜力通过自动化多个环节彻底改变这一过程。然而,仍面临跨学科知识需求、实验设计逻辑性及性能评估等挑战。本文提出BioResearcher,首个端到端自动化生物医学研究系统,涵盖干实验全流程。该系统采用模块化多智能体架构,集成搜索、文献处理、实验设计与编程等专用智能体。通过将复杂任务分解为逻辑关联的子任务,并采用分层学习方法,有效应对跨学科要求与逻辑复杂性。此外,引入基于大模型的实时评审机制进行过程质量控制,并设计新型评估指标衡量实验方案的质量与自动化程度。BioResearcher在8个先前未达成的研究目标上实现平均63.07%的执行成功率。生成的实验方案在5项质量指标上平均优于典型智能体系统22.0%。系统显著降低研究人员工作量,加速生物医学发现,为未来自动化研究系统开辟新路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Conventional biomedical research is increasingly labor-intensive due to the exponential growth of scientific literature and datasets. Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), has the potential to revolutionize this process by automating various steps. Still, significant challenges remain, including the need for multidisciplinary expertise, logicality of experimental design, and performance measurements. This paper introduces BioResearcher, the first end-to-end automated system designed to streamline the entire biomedical research process involving dry lab experiments. BioResearcher employs a modular multi-agent architecture, integrating specialized agents for search, literature processing, experimental design, and programming. By decomposing complex tasks into logically related sub-tasks and utilizing a hierarchical learning approach, BioResearcher effectively addresses the challenges of multidisciplinary requirements and logical complexity. Furthermore, BioResearcher incorporates an LLM-based reviewer for in-process quality control and introduces novel evaluation metrics to assess the quality and automation of experimental protocols. BioResearcher successfully achieves an average execution success rate of 63.07% across eight previously unmet research objectives. The generated protocols, on average, outperform typical agent systems by 22.0% on five quality metrics. The system demonstrates significant potential to reduce researchers' workloads and accelerate biomedical discoveries, paving the way for future innovations in automated research systems.
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