MRC Biostatistics UnitCongratulations to Chris Foley, Stephen Burgess, Paul Kirk and Amy Mason for their paper, ‘MR-Clust: clustering of genetic variants in Mendelian randomization with similar causal estimates’, which has been selected as the IGES highlight from May 2021. Mendelian randomization takes genetic variants associated with a risk factor, and assesses whether or not they also associate […]
New research on immune recovery from COVID-19
The immune changes in COVID-19 across different severity groups is very complex. A group of scientists led by Prof Kenneth Smith, and including Dr Hélène Ruffieux and Prof Sylvia Richardson at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, have carried out new research into how the immune system is affected in different ways for those who have contracted […]
Latest real-time tracking of COVID-19 shows Delta strain is dominant everywhere in England
We have published a new report on our real-time tracking of the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is helping the government to track the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. We have highlighted our latest findings and provided interpretation of what these findings mean. We have also explained our recent model and report changes. Updated findings The current […]
England on track to achieve elimination of HIV transmission by 2030 as model shows sharp decrease in HIV incidence
The annual number of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in England is likely to have fallen dramatically, from 2,770 in 2013 to 854 in 2018, showing elimination of HIV transmission by 2030 to be within reach – suggests work by researchers from the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University […]
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