Abstract
Mendelian randomization is a promising approach to help improve causal inference in observational studies, with widespread potential applications, including to prioritization of pharmacotherapeutic targets for evaluation in RCTs. From its initial proposal the limitations of Mendelian randomization approaches have been widely recognised and discussed, and recently Pickrell has reiterated these1. However this critique did not acknowledge recent developments in both methodological and empirical research, nor did it recognise many future opportunities for application of the Mendelian randomization approach. These issues are briefly reviewed here.
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Mendelian randomizationCausal inferenceObservational studyRandomizationPrioritizationInferenceMendelian inheritanceComputer scienceRisk analysis (engineering)MedicineBiologyClinical trialBioinformaticsManagement scienceEngineeringArtificial intelligenceGeneticsGenetic variantsInternal medicinePathology
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George Davey Smith
(2015).
Mendelian randomization: a premature burial?.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
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https://doi.org/10.1101/021386
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