Memorization in large language models in medicine prevalence characteristics and implications

A Anran Li (School of Engineering Medicine, Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China) L Lingfei Qian M Mengmeng Du Y Yu Yin (Institute of Translational Medicine) Y Yan Hu Z Zihao Sun (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics) Y Yihang Fu H Hyunjae Kim (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Process, Seoul National University) E Erica Stutz X Xuguang Ai Q Qianqian Xie R Rui Zhu J Jimin Huang Y Yifan Yang S Siru Liu Y Yih-Chung Tham L Lucila Ohno-Machado H Hyunghoon Cho Z Zhiyong Lu H Hua Xu (State Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Modulation Research, School of Life Sciences, and Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University) Q Qingyu Chen

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Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published June 19, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (21)

A

Anran Li

School of Engineering Medicine, Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China

L

Lingfei Qian

M

Mengmeng Du

Y

Yu Yin

Institute of Translational Medicine

Y

Yan Hu

Z

Zihao Sun

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics

Y

Yihang Fu

H

Hyunjae Kim

School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Institute of Chemical Process, Seoul National University

E

Erica Stutz

X

Xuguang Ai

Q

Qianqian Xie

R

Rui Zhu

J

Jimin Huang

Y

Yifan Yang

S

Siru Liu

Y

Yih-Chung Tham

L

Lucila Ohno-Machado

H

Hyunghoon Cho

Z

Zhiyong Lu

H

Hua Xu

State Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Modulation Research, School of Life Sciences, and Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center, Peking University

Q

Qingyu Chen