An illustrative example of the application of text mining in biomedical research is myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), an autosomal dominant genetic disease caused by the abnormal expansion of unstable CTG repeats in the 3’ untranslated region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene. The gene discussed is DMPK; the disease is myotonic dystrophy type 1.