M. Weeber et al., Using concepts in literature-based discovery: Simulating Swanson's Raynaud-fish oil and migraine-magnesium discoveries, J AM SOC IN, 52(7), 2001, pp. 548-557
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Literature-based discovery has resulted in new knowledge. In the biomedical
context, Don R. Swanson has generated several literature-based hypotheses
that have been corroborated experimentally and clinically. In this paper, w
e propose a two-step model of the discovery process in which hypotheses are
generated and subsequently tested. We have implemented this model in a Nat
ural Language Processing system that uses biomedical Unified Medical Langua
ge System (UMLS) concepts as its unit of analysis. We use the semantic info
rmation that is provided with these concepts as a powerful filter to succes
sfully simulate Swanson's discoveries of connecting Raynaud's disease with
fish oil and migraine with a magnesium deficiency.