Thinking about the microbiome as a causal factor in human health and disease: philosophical and experimental considerations
David A. Relman
Topics & Concepts
MicrobiomeCausationCausal inferenceVariety (cybernetics)InferenceBiologyDiseaseEpistemologyCausality (physics)Host (biology)Data scienceEcologyBioinformaticsComputer scienceMedicineArtificial intelligencePhysicsQuantum mechanicsPathologyPhilosophyGut microbiota and healthHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research