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One of the most significant opportunities for AI to benefit society is helping to accelerate cancer research and early diagnosis. Just this week our teams, working with partners, shared advances on three fronts: Research breakthroughs: Our C2S-Scale 27B foundation model, built with Yale University and based on Gemma, is a new frontier for single-cell analysis. The tool allows researchers to quickly simulate cell responses to thousands of potential treatments, speeding up the search for new medicines. https://lnkd.in/efr4KnPX Targeted Treatments: We're open-sourcing DeepSomatic, our new model capable of accurately differentiating actual genetic cancer variants from the technical artifacts (or errors) introduced during sequencing, addressing a critical hurdle in developing treatments. DeepSomatic successfully found hard-to-find small variants in pediatric leukemia cells that were missed by other tools. https://lnkd.in/evxkBGup Access to screenings: Color Health, supported by Google.org funding, is launching the Color Assistant to help 20,000 women access breast cancer risk assessments and screening. Powered by Gemini 2.5 models and Vertex AI, the agent quickly determines eligibility for mammograms, schedules breast cancer screenings, and coordinates follow up. Excited about these developments, and look forward to further progress.