WHAT ARE THE MAIN INEFFICIENCIES IN TRIAL CONDUCT: A SURVEY OF UKCRC REGISTERED CLINICAL TRIALS UNITS IN THE UK

Abstract Background The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) registered Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) Network aims to support high-quality, efficient and sustainable clinical trials research in the UK.To better understand the challenges in efficient trial conduct, and to help prioritise tackling these challenges, we surveyed CTU staff.The aim

The next frontier in the field of microbiome studies is identification of all microbes present in the microbiome and accurate determination of their abundance such that microbiome profiles can serve as reliable assessments of health or disease status.PCR-based 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metagenome shotgun sequencing technologies are the prevailin