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Ryan J. Schmidt

University of Southern CaliforniaORCID 0000-0001-8789-9917Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 1

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Aaron NagieliD· 1 shared ANDREW SALAS· 1 shared Assaf Beck· 1 shared Birgit FunkeiD· 1 shared Catherine ArgyriouiD· 1 shared David E. CobrinikiD· 1 shared Derick C. Hoskinson· 1 shared Emily QianiD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 15, 2026

Allele-specific correction of dominant Best vitelliform macular dystrophy in patient-derived retinal pigment epithelium

Sushma Kalmodia, Jennifer G. Aparicio, Kayla Stepanian…·Aaron Nagiel

This study corrects a dominant BEST1 mutation in patient-derived RPE cells using base editing, showing improved cellular function and transcriptome normalization.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.09.737567

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GeneticsGenetics in MedicinePeer-reviewedMay 30, 2019

Considerations for clinical curation, classification and reporting of low-penetrance and low effect size variants associated with disease risk

Ozlem Senol-Cosar, Ryan J. Schmidt, Emily Qian…·Matthew S. Lebo

The paper proposes a framework for classifying and reporting low-penetrance variants associated with disease risk, emphasizing data elements and criteria for clinical inclusion.

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