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            Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                     MicrosoftInternetExplorer4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Biology is largely phenomenology and it is hard to verify causal pathways.

Do not use the phrase ___"causes" ____ unless a causal pathway is firmly established.

Instead use the phrase “ ___ was associated with ___”.

Do not use the word “predictor” unless causality has been established and the observation has been validated in both an exploratory and validation cohort.