BIOENGINEER

Tiny Blood-Borne Molecule Shows Promise as an Early Warning Sign for Diabetes

A population-based nested case-control study finds that circulating miR-335-5p is elevated in diagnosed diabetes but lower ...
BIOENGINEER

Having Children Leaves No Trace in Breast Tissue Genes, Landmark Norwegian Study Finds

A large Norwegian nested case-control study finds that the number of full-term pregnancies has essentially no effect on ...
Frontiers

A nested case-control study on the relationship between gut microbiota and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

From an initial cohort of 1,772 participants, 404 were included in the final analysis, comprising 101 incident NAFLD cases and 303 age-matched controls (1:3). Gut microbiota composition and function ...
The Conversation

What does it mean to ‘control’ for variables in a scientific study? A statistician explains

Scientific studies, and news coverage about them, often declare that a study “controlled” for certain variables. For example, the Washington Post reported on a study of GLP-1 drugs and a hormonal ...
Bloomberg

AI Is Changing the Business School Case Study

There’s probably nothing so closely associated with an MBA as the case study. Developed at Harvard Business School over a century ago, the case study invites students to wrestle with a complex problem ...