My take. Scientists have been sounding the alarm on coronavirus for months. Why did Britain fail to act? | Richard Horton theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

And the grim update: "#COVID19 vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death"...

Double celebration tonight 🍾🍾 Check out our new preprint on bioRxiv - exploring host specialisation of Phytophthora cactorum 🍓🍏 Andrew Armitage Helen Bates Marynia Richard Harrison

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Excited that the final published version of our new eczema GWAS annotation is out in JID Journals doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.… Now with added juicy commentary comparing the annotation process to... making lemonade doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.… Lavinia Paternoster

Nutritional supplementation gained a lot of interest for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. In our new preprint, we evaluate the potential benefits of genetically elevated zinc, selenium, copper and vit. K using Mendelian Randomization. medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Tom Gaunt

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Pleased to share our preprint led by Marynia comparing Mendelian randomization studies and randomized controlled trials using electronic databases with george davey smith MRC IEU medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Nous nous sommes rendus la semaine dernière dans l'un des cimetières de #Marioupol. Nous y avons vu des milliers de tombes récentes, surmontées d'un numéro. De ce côté du cimetière les numéros allaient au-delà de 3000 @infofrance2 franceinfo France TV Moscou Luc Lacroix #Mariupol

I wrote about Cambodia, and the Khmer Rouge, and how we all somehow forgot about Pol Pot spectator.co.uk/article/how-we…

Lost in Cambodia | The life and death of Malcolm Caldwell theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

🚀LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT🚀 The public launch of link23 is being held virtually on 29th March at 2pm BST! A new global initiative focused on practical solutions to increase equity in genomics by making genomics tools that work for everyone. Register here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/link23-launc…

Interested in a PhD collaborating with pharma? We are recruiting a student to work on new pathway-based Mendelian randomization methods to identify drug targets with MRC IEU and Tom Richardson. findaphd.com/phds/project/t…

A new PhD opportunity in MRC IEU working with me and Marynia on bioinformatic approaches to understanding drug targets (choice of two projects). FindAPhD: findaphd.com/phds/projectde… and findaphd.com/phds/projectde…

Distinct pathway-based effects of blood pressure and body mass index on cardiovascular traits: comparison of novel Mendelian Randomization approaches medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #medRxiv

My message from Gaza today:

I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General. Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.

Integrative Mendelian Randomization approaches for therapeutic target prioritisation in immune-mediated diseases medrxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #medRxiv