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SUBMITTER: Su EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5366063 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Eric Wen EW Sanger Todd M TM
PeerJ 20170323
Drug repositioning (i.e., drug repurposing) is the process of discovering new uses for marketed drugs. Historically, such discoveries were serendipitous. However, the rapid growth in electronic clinical data and text mining tools makes it feasible to systematically identify drugs with the potential to be repurposed. Described here is a novel method of drug repositioning by mining ClinicalTrials.gov. The text mining tools I2E (Linguamatics) and PolyAnalyst (Megaputer) were utilized. An I2E query ...[more]