A call for a better understanding of causation in cell biology

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
² Departments of Therapeutic Radiology and Dermatology and Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
⁴ School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK.
⁶ Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. michael.levin@tufts.edu.

Review

Mariano Bizzarri et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;20(5):261-262.

doi: 10.1038/s41580-019-0127-1.

¹ Department of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
² Departments of Therapeutic Radiology and Dermatology and Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
⁴ School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK.
⁶ Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. michael.levin@tufts.edu.

Erratum in

Publisher Correction: A call for a better understanding of causation in cell biology.
Bizzarri M, Brash DE, Briscoe J, Grieneisen VA, Stern CD, Levin M. Bizzarri M, et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2019 Jun;20(6):384. doi: 10.1038/s41580-019-0130-6. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2019. PMID: 31000809

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