In January 1977, five landmark health surveys, led by the famous Framingham Heart Study, reported a “striking” revelation about HDL cholesterol—a.k.a. the “good cholesterol.” The higher the HDL in a ...

New genetic research has identified a direct causal chain connecting the microorganisms in the human digestive tract to the ...

I am no stranger to the importance of randomization when conducting a study. I minored in psychology as an undergraduate, so I took part in the experimentation process--both by being experimented on ...

Mendelian randomization is a study design that uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to test the causal effect of a (non-genetic) risk factor on a disease or health-related outcome. Since ...

Before delving into debugging, it is critical to have a solid understanding of the basics of SystemVerilog constraint randomization. Constraints are used to define the valid range of values for ...

Randomization have proven to be an efficient way of reducing bias and thus is widely used in clinical trials. Randomization ensures that subject allocation is balanced across treatment group and is ...