Many associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been identified by association studies for numerous diseases. However, the association between a SNP and a disease can result from a causal ...

I just finished reading a study on the correlation between the use of beta blockers and the need for a total knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis. I will share the results and their ...

A new review article published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has summarized the most recent evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis that Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) is a ...

For decades, a single overriding hypothesis has guided the majority of research into Alzheimer's disease, but after a string of failed major clinical trials, a small group of scientists is starting to ...

The architecture of FOCUS. Given offline data, FOCUS learns a $p$ value matrix by KCI test and then gets the causal structure by choosing a $p$ threshold. After ...

Years of research have yet to produce convincing evidence that the gut microbiome plays a causal role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a group of scientists contended in a new opinion paper. They ...