Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Mendelian randomization is a research method that uses people's genetic variations to understand how certain factors, like high cholesterol or smoking, might directly cause diseases.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Mendelian randomization is a research method that uses people's genetic variations to understand how certain factors, like high cholesterol or smoking, might directly cause diseases.
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Mendelian randomization is a research method that uses people's genetic variations to understand how certain factors, like high cholesterol or smoking, might directly cause diseases.
Mendelian randomization is a research method that uses people's genetic variations to understand how certain factors, like high cholesterol or smoking, might directly cause diseases.
This is why Mendelian Randomization (MR) is essential to consider with the totality of evidence, including observational, mechanistic, RCTs, and animal data.