In-depth and reliable research on Bio/Med
Applicable Scenarios: Complete a round of biological/biomedical scientific literature retrieval and provide users with detailed and reliable output. 1. After the user initiates a search, the system breaks down the question and keywords. 2. Retrieve literature using public and reproducible data sources. 3. Deduplicate, stratify, classify, and sort the search results. 4. Use clickable text citations in the response. 5. List complete literature information at the end of the document and mark the IF with publicly searchable routes; if high confidence verification is not possible, it must be marked as "to be verified" or "not detected".
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Why we love this skill
This skill serves as a reliable guide for biomedical research, ensuring highly accurate and verifiable research information through structured searches, multi-stage literature screening, and rigorous impact factor (IF) checks.
Instructions
The core of this process is: first, use multiple queries to perform a reproducible initial screening in PubMed/NCBI E-utilities, then use PMID for deduplication and abstract evidence grading; only a small number of key documents enter the PMC/BioC full-text review; in-text citations must be clickable; complete bibliographic information must be listed at the end of the article; IF can only be conservatively checked through publicly accessible sources, and cannot be assumed to have JCR or local databases, cannot be guessed, and low-confidence matches cannot be treated as definitive results.
1. Preprocessing after a user initiates a search
1.1 First, analyze the user's question.
After receiving a user's question, the natural language question is first broken down into structured elements.
Must be identified:
• Research subjects: genes, proteins, drugs, channels, cell types, tissues, diseases, and models.
• Biological systems: humans, mice, rats, zebrafish, organoids, retina, brain regions, cell lines, etc.
• Relationship types: expression, regulation, function, mechanism, phenotype, death, survival, treatment, toxicity, development, degeneration, etc.
• Evidence requirements: Whether direct evidence, mechanistic evidence, full-text evidence, charts, dosage parameters, and experimental methods are required.
• Time range: unlimited time, the last 5 years, the last 1 year, the latest developments, and classic literature.
• Output types: short answer, representative literature, review summary, experimental design suggestions, evidence table, mechanism diagram.
Example:
User issue:
"Please help me find literature related to retinal organoid death."
Structured decomposition (example):
• Core models: retinal organoid, retina organoid, hPSC-derived retinal organoid, optic cup organoid.
• Phenotype: cell death, apoptosis, degeneration, survival loss, stress, necrosis.
• Related cells: photoreceptor, cone, rod, retinal ganglion cell, Müller glia.
• Potential mechanisms: oxidative stress, ER stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, hypoxia, inflammation, ferroptosis, necroptosis.
• Evidence objectives: Prioritize original studies that directly observe cell death/apoptosis/degeneration in human or animal retinal organoids; then look for literature on indirect mechanisms.
1.2 Keyword Segmentation Principles (Example)
Don't just write one search query. Prepare at least three categories of terms for each concept.
Category 1: Precise words.
• retinal organoid
• retina organoid
• human retinal organoid
• hPSC-derived retinal organoid
• iPSC-derived retinal organoid
The second category: synonyms and hypernyms.
• optic cup organoid
• 3D retinal culture
• stem cell-derived retina
• retinal differentiation
• retinal tissue model
The third category: mechanism and phenotypic terms.
• apoptosis
• cell death
• degeneration
• survival
• stress
• oxidative stress
• ER stress
• mitochondrial dysfunction
• hypoxia
• necroptosis
• ferroptosis
If the user specifies the cell type, add:
• photoreceptor
• cone
• rod
• retinal ganglion cell
• Müller glia
• bipolar cell
• amacrine cell
If the user specifies the species or origin, add:
• human
• mouse
• rat
• zebrafish
• hESC
• iPSC
• pluripotent stem cell
1.3 Generating hierarchical search queries
Generate at least 3–6 queries. Each query corresponds to a search objective.
First layer: Direct evidence retrieval.
Used to find literature that directly matches the target model and target phenotype.
```text
("retinal organoid" OR "retina organoid" OR "human retinal organoid") AND (apoptosis OR "cell death" OR degeneration)
```
Second layer: Extended model retrieval.
Used to capture literature where the author did not use the precise term "retinal organoid" but it is actually relevant.
```text
("optic cup organoid" OR "3D retinal culture" OR "stem cell-derived retina") AND (survival OR apoptosis OR stress)
```
Third layer: Mechanism-specific search.
Used to verify specific pathways or mechanisms.
```text
("retinal organoid" OR "retina organoid") AND ("oxidative stress" OR "ER stress" OR hypoxia OR mitochondria)
```
Fourth layer: Cell type specific search.
```text
("retinal organoid" OR "retina organoid") AND (photoreceptor OR cone OR rod OR "retinal ganglion cell") AND (death OR apoptosis OR degeneration)
```
Fifth layer: Disease model retrieval.
```text
("retinal organoid" OR "retina organoid") AND (disease OR degeneration OR dystrophy OR retinitis OR glaucoma)
```
Sixth layer: Review/background search.
```text
("retinal organoid" OR "retina organoid") AND (review OR protocol OR model)
```
Research
2. What methods and websites were used for the search?
2.1 Preferred: PubMed / NCBI E-utilities
PubMed is the preferred tool for searching biomedical literature. Do not default to scraping PubMed pages. Use the NCBI E-utilities API instead.
2.1.1 ESearch: Retrieving PMID using a query
interface:
```text
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi
```
parameter:
```text
db=pubmed
term=
retmode=json
retmax=20
sort=relevance
```
You can also sort by time:
```text
sort=pub+date
```
Example:
```text
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=(%22retinal%20organoid%22%20OR%20%22retina%20organoid%22)%20AND%20(apoptosis%20OR%20%22cell%20death%22)&retmode=json&retmax=20&sort=relevance
```
Read from the return:
```text
esearchresult.idlist
```
This is the PMID list.
2.1.2 ESummary: Obtaining Literature Metadata
interface:
```text
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi
```
parameter:
```text
db=pubmed
id=PMID1,PMID2,PMID3
retmode=json
```
Extracted fields:
• PMID
• title
• fulljournalname
• source/journal abbreviation
• pubdate
• authors
• DOI and PMCID in articleids
• volume, issue, pages
2.1.3 EFetch: Retrieving Summary and XML Details
interface:
```text
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi
```
parameter:
```text
db=pubmed
id=PMID1,PMID2
retmode=xml
rettype=abstract
```
Extracted fields:
• ArticleTitle
• AbstractText
• Journal Title
• ISOAbbreviation
• ISSN / eISSN
• PubDate
• DOI
• PMCID
• MeSH terms
2.1.4 Batch Retrieval Strategy
Recommended process:
1. Call ESearch for each query.
2. For each query, select the first 5–20 results.
3. Merge all PMIDs.
4. Use PMID to remove duplicates.
5. Use ESummary / EFetch to retrieve metadata and abstract data in batches.
6. In the initial screening stage, only read the metadata and abstract; do not start by reading the full text.
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2.2 Second Phase: Full Review of PMC/BioC Documents
The full text will only be included in the following cases:
• Users request to read the full text carefully.
• The abstract is insufficient to determine the mechanism.
• Requires charts, experimental methods, concentrations, dosages, IC50, EC50, Kd, and Ki.
• A small number of key PMIDs have been identified and require review on a case-by-case basis.
2.2.1 PMID to PMCID
interface:
```text
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/utils/idconv/v1.0/?ids=
```
If PMCID is returned, it means that PMC may have open full text.
2.2.2 Prioritize BioC JSON
interface:
```text
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/bionlp/RESTful/pmcoa.cgi/BioC_json/
```
Advantages: Highly structured, suitable for extracting main text paragraphs.
2.2.3 Try PMC XML when BioC is unavailable
interface:
```text
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
```
Skip when extracting the main text:
• references
• bibliography
• Acknowledgments
• author contributions
• competing interests
Full text review must include a stop criterion:
• Each document is scanned only once.
• By default, only paragraphs related to the question are extracted.
• If the target field is not matched, mark it as "No direct evidence found".
• Avoid repeatedly scraping keywords.
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2.3 bioRxiv / medRxiv
Used to supplement the latest preprints.
You can use the official API:
```text
https://api.biorxiv.org/details/biorxiv/YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD
https://api.biorxiv.org/details/medrxiv/YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD
```
You can also use a regular search as a supplement:
```text
site:biorxiv.org retinal organoid apoptosis
site:medrxiv.org retina organoid degeneration
```
Preprints must be labeled:
```text
This is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.
```
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2.4 Crossref/OpenAlex/Unpaywall
Used to complete DOI, open full-text address, and publication information.
Crossref:
```text
https://api.crossref.org/works?query.title=