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Informatics and standards for nanomedicine technology
Author(s) -
Thomas Dennis G.,
Klaessig Fred,
Harper Stacey L.,
Fritts Martin,
Hoover Mark D.,
Gaheen Sharon,
Stokes Todd H.,
ReznikZellen Rebecca,
Freund Elaine T.,
Klemm Juli D.,
Paik David S.,
Baker Nathan A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1939-0041
pISSN - 1939-5116
DOI - 10.1002/wnan.152
Subject(s) - informatics , data science , computer science , health informatics , nanomedicine , terminology , engineering informatics , materials informatics , translational research informatics , knowledge management , management science , nanotechnology , engineering , medicine , nursing , nanoparticle , electrical engineering , public health , materials science , linguistics , philosophy
There are several issues to be addressed concerning the management and effective use of information (or data), generated from nanotechnology studies in biomedical research and medicine. These data are large in volume, diverse in content, and are beset with gaps and ambiguities in the description and characterization of nanomaterials. In this work, we have reviewed three areas of nanomedicine informatics: information resources; taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and ontologies; and information standards. Informatics methods and standards in each of these areas are critical for enabling collaboration; data sharing; unambiguous representation and interpretation of data; semantic (meaningful) search and integration of data; and for ensuring data quality, reliability, and reproducibility. In particular, we have considered four types of information standards in this article, which are standard characterization protocols, common terminology standards, minimum information standards, and standard data communication (exchange) formats. Currently, because of gaps and ambiguities in the data, it is also difficult to apply computational methods and machine learning techniques to analyze, interpret, and recognize patterns in data that are high dimensional in nature, and also to relate variations in nanomaterial properties to variations in their chemical composition, synthesis, characterization protocols, and so on. Progress toward resolving the issues of information management in nanomedicine using informatics methods and standards discussed in this article will be essential to the rapidly growing field of nanomedicine informatics. WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2011 3 511–532 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.152 This article is categorized under: Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies Toxicology and Regulatory Issues in Nanomedicine > Regulatory and Policy Issues in Nanomedicine