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[ARTICLE] Microbiome Analysis: 16S Metabarcoding or Shotgun Metagenomics? 

To date, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques remain the most commonly used methodologies for studying the microbiome, a major subject of scientific research in recent years. Among the thousands of articles published each year (illustration 1), two main...
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[ARTICLE] Skin-to-skin contact: an effective anti-stress strategy that also favourably impacts the gut microbiota

Birth is an intensely stressful event for both the baby and the mother. Stress hormones help the baby adapt to the new, cold, dry, and oxygen-rich environment outside the womb. However, excessive stress can be harmful. Fortunately, the body has anti-stress mechanisms...
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Clinical trials versus user experience studies: necessary and complementary scenarios

Clinical studies are research studies performed on human subjects with a view to furthering biological or medical knowledge. These studies require collecting data on patients or healthy volunteers, to better understand physiological or pathological conditions,...
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Make clinical data reviews more efficient with the interactive visualisation of Patient Profiles

From context to implementation of idea  An important step in any clinical trial is the blind data review. This process takes place between the end of the study (when the data are collected, input, and validated) and the breaking of the blind and final data lock, after...
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