{
  "id": 14762924,
  "title": "AI tool helps identify harmful epilepsy genetic variants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/ai-tool-helps-identify-harmful-epilepsy-genetic-variants",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-15T18:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-ai-tool-epilepsy-genetic-variants.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence tool to help determine whether genetic variants linked to a severe form of childhood epilepsy are likely to cause disease. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could connect patients with emerging precision therapies.",
  "summary": "A new artificial intelligence tool developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists and collaborating institutions can help determine whether genetic variants associated with a severe form of childhood epilepsy will cause disease, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}