title: Applying database technology to clinical and basic research bioinformatics projects.
abstract: This paper describes the application of database technology to medical information with the goal of providing medical and clinical researchers with the tools necessary to plan bioinformatics projects. Commercial database management systems were utilized, standard database design practices were applied, a user interface was created, data entered, and the development of analysis tools, including data mining technologies is underway. Databases were constructed based on animal and cell culture models of diabetes and clinical data. Bioinformatics is a useful tool in both basic research and clinical settings. The advantages of relational databases and an approach to managing bioinformatics projects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0580, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Nadeau
authors.forename: Kelli A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Toby J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Teorey
authors.forename: Eva L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D019295:Computational Biology; D016494:Computer Security; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans