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Stop falling for misleading headlines. Understand the difference between correlation and causation, and learn how researchers prove real scientific facts.

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University of Edinburgh spin-out BIOCAPTIVA secures £1.58m funding and launches its msX liquid biopsy technology in the US to improve cancer diagnostics and research.

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