Adopting a targeted, multi-pass reading approach to research studies can help you efficiently locate and extract the information you’re looking for while identifying potential limitations. Reading a ...

The lack of replicability of microbiome studies is a barrier to understanding how host–microbe interactions contribute to physiological homeostasis and pathophysiological processes, including heart ...

Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...

This study assesses the feasibility of extracting high-quality DNA from blood samples stored at – 20 °C for up to 21 years under suboptimal conditions. It addresses sample mishandling in research, ...

Conflicting findings are often reported in microbiome association studies, which could be due to insufficient sample sizes and numerous confounders. A new study, utilizing two large-scale human ...