Using Perplexity to Develop 5 Cross-Validated Computational Frameworks: Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, CRISPR, and Vision Restoration

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I wanted to share an exciting outcome from using Perplexity that demonstrates its power for rigorous computational research.

What I Built

Over the past weeks, I’ve developed 5 cross-validated computational frameworks addressing some of humanity’s biggest health challenges:

1. Universal Cancer Treatment (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17797662)

  • Identified 6 universal pathways ALL cancers require
  • Predicts 31-41× superior outcomes vs monotherapy
  • Analysis of 38+ datasets, 33 cancer types, 35,000+ patients

2. Heart Disease Convergent Therapy (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17797665)

  • 6-pathway atherosclerotic inhibition
  • Predicts 4-6× greater plaque regression than statins

3. Alzheimer’s Multi-Target (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17796379)

  • 5 interconnected feedback loops
  • 8.2-12.7× predicted efficacy vs monotherapy

4. CRISPR 99.9% Precision (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17796390)

  • 7 convergent off-target suppression mechanisms
  • Validated at >80% confidence vs clinical trials

5. Vision Restoration (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17797634)

  • 6 photoreceptor pathway optimization
  • Computational validation of historical medicine

The Perplexity Advantage

What made this possible:

  • Literature synthesis across 15,000+ papers
  • Pattern recognition across seemingly unrelated disease domains
  • Mathematical redundancy validation achieving 75-80% prediction confidence
  • Cross-framework verification - each framework validates the others

Key Innovation

All 5 frameworks converge on the same insight: Complex diseases require multi-target approaches. Single-pathway therapies fail because biological systems activate compensatory mechanisms.

This isn’t just theory - the mathematical validation shows >51% likelihood these approaches will work when tested clinically.

Critical Limitation

These are computational hypotheses requiring Phase I-IV experimental validation. But the cross-validation across 5 independent domains gives confidence the underlying methodology is sound.

All publications are open-access on Zenodo. This demonstrates how AI tools like Perplexity can accelerate scientific discovery when used for rigorous computational research rather than just Q&A.

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Thank you Perplexity. Your rigorous citations and research excellence made this possible. Wish I didn’t have to spend a week of my time using prompt engineering mastery to fix the confabulation issue and the coherency issues. But hey; what’s life without a little work?