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ICYMI, new preprint! 👇 (posted just before Xmas for sanity’s sake) We compared BMI-mortality among Covid & non-Covid respiratory patients admitted to ICU. Obesity looks harmful in Covid but protective in other respiratory diseases. What’s going on here?

Bear in mind: not only are reviewers unpaid, but the editors seeking reviewers often aren’t paid either! It’s a voluntary side gig. Publishers cannot profit (massively) from this broken system yet take no responsibility for fixing it. PAY PEOPLE

Delighted to see our work on the metabolic features of genetic liability to type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease published in eBioMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science today! Joshua Bell @emmylooroll Caroline Bull Eleanor Sanderson george davey smith Michael V Holmes (he/him) thelancet.com/journals/ebiom…

It's been a busy week for the group! 2 new preprints out on better understanding colorectal cancer risk medrxiv.org/content/10.110… medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Mendelian randomization studies of disease progression can speak directly to therapeutics, but there are many challenges. Ruth Mitchell, April Hartley Venexia Walker Apostolos Gkatzionis James Yarmolinsky Joshua Bell Amanda Chong Lavinia Paternoster discuss them here journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…