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Biomedical questions you can ask BioAsk

Use these example queries to explore biomedical literature, patent records, clinical trials, bio-entities, relationships, pathways, biomarkers, and therapeutic development signals.

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Query What proteins interact with p53?
Entities p53, proteins, interaction
Output Results + relationships + graph
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These examples are written as realistic BioAsk-style queries for users exploring life-science knowledge sources.

Gene / Disease

Which genes are associated with breast cancer?

Explore gene-disease associations, cancer biomarkers, mutation biology, and literature evidence.

Entities: BRCA1, BRCA2, breast cancer Output: literature + relationships
Protein Interaction

What proteins interact with p53?

Discover protein-protein interactions, regulatory relationships, and pathway context around p53.

Entities: TP53, p53, MDM2 Output: relationship map
Clinical Trial

Which clinical trials target EGFR in lung cancer?

Search clinical development signals, interventions, target biology, patient populations, and oncology trial information.

Entities: EGFR, lung cancer, therapy Output: clinical-trial context
Pathway

What pathways are involved in apoptosis?

Identify biological mechanisms, pathway terms, genes, proteins, and disease-related processes.

Entities: apoptosis, TP53, caspases Output: pathway map
Patent

Which patents mention monoclonal antibodies against HER2?

Explore patent records related to antibody technology, oncology targets, biologics, and therapeutic innovation.

Entities: HER2, antibodies, patents Output: patent discovery
Biomarker

Which biomarkers are linked to colorectal cancer?

Find diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive biomarkers mentioned in biomedical literature and clinical records.

Entities: biomarkers, colorectal cancer Output: biomarker relationships
Drug / Target

What drugs target inflammatory cytokines?

Explore therapeutic agents, cytokine targets, inflammation biology, and clinical development evidence.

Entities: IL-6, TNF, cytokines Output: drug-target links
Gene / Pathway

How is KRAS involved in MAPK signaling?

Search pathway involvement, signaling relationships, mutation biology, and cancer mechanism context.

Entities: KRAS, MAPK signaling Output: pathway relationships
Disease / Biomarker

What biomarkers are used in Alzheimer’s disease research?

Explore neurodegeneration biomarkers, diagnostic terms, clinical measures, and disease-associated entities.

Entities: Alzheimer’s disease, biomarkers Output: disease-biomarker map
Patent / Drug

Find patents related to kinase inhibitors.

Explore patent documents mentioning inhibitors, kinase targets, compounds, therapeutic claims, and molecular applications.

Entities: kinase inhibitors, patents Output: patent source map
Clinical / Biomarker

Search clinical studies using inflammatory biomarkers.

Find trials and studies involving inflammatory markers, cytokines, endpoints, and patient cohorts.

Entities: inflammation, biomarkers, clinical studies Output: clinical source results
Protein / Pathway

What is the relationship between IL-6 and inflammation?

Explore cytokine signaling, inflammatory pathways, disease context, biomarkers, and therapeutic relevance.

Entities: IL-6, inflammation Output: relationship discovery
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Generated Query

Find EGFR relationships in all biomedical sources.

Expected Output

What BioAsk can show after a query

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Result Records

Source documents from biomedical literature, patents, or clinical trial repositories.

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Detected Entities

Genes, proteins, diseases, pathways, drugs, biomarkers, organisms, and clinical terms.

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Relationship Panels

Possible links such as association, interaction, regulation, targeting, and involvement.

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Visual Discovery

Knowledge graphs, entity trees, source maps, relationship maps, and theme clusters.

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