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Scientists created a smarter statistical tool that uses your genes to guess if one thing (like cholesterol) causes another (like heart disease), even when genes accidentally affect multiple things — and it works better than older methods at avoiding false alarms.
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A Bayesian approach to Mendelian randomization with multiple pleiotropic variants
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2020 Jan 1This study created a new statistical tool to better figure out if one thing causes another using genetic data, even when genes affect more than just the thing being studied — and it worked better than older methods in tests.
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