The challenge for genetic epidemiologists: how to analyze large numbers of SNPs in relation to complex diseases by Mariman Edwin CM, Nagelkerke Nico, Boer Jolanda MA, Heidema A Geert, van der A Daphne L, Feskens Edith JM

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Genetic epidemiologists have taken the challenge to identify genetic polymorphisms involved in the development of diseases. …”
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Mendelian randomization: A biologist's perspective by Subhoshree Ghose, Akash Kumar Bhaskar, Anju Sharma, Shantanu Sengupta

“…Mendelian randomization (MR) is a statistical technique used by genetic epidemiologists to determine causal effects, i.e. whether a biomarker actually influences disease risk, is it just a statistical association. …”
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Feasibility of High-Throughput Genome-Wide Genotyping using DNA from Stored Buccal Cell Samples by Stephanie J. Loomis, Lana M. Olson, Louis R. Pasquale, Janey Wiggs, Daniel Mirel, Andrew Crenshaw, Melissa Parkin, Brandon Rahhal, Stephanie Tetreault, Peter Kraft, Shelley S. Tworoger, Jonathan L. Haines, Jae H. Kang

“…Yet buccal cell sample collection is an attractive alternative to gathering blood samples for genetic epidemiologists engaged in large-scale genetic biomarker studies. …”
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