To understand what a biobank is and why they exist, it helps first to understand what type of "currency" is stored in the "bank" and what this "currency" will be used to purchase. Biobanks are a ...

UK Biobank is a major biomedical database and research resource, holding the genetic, health, and lifestyle information of half a million adult volunteers. Its datasets are accessible to approved ...

Some volunteers for biobanks, which collect genetic information to study health across populations, have been surprised to be informed they carry risky mutations. Marin Konstadt, a nurse practitioner ...

LONDON — Data from half a million people’s whole genome sequences are now available to researchers worldwide, as the U.K. Biobank on Thursday debuted the latest addition to what it aims to be the ...

Early in the pandemic in 2020, Adriana Hung, an associate professor of nephrology who treats patients at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, noticed that a disproportionate number of Black patients ...

In a momentous landmark for medical research, UK Biobank has today [Thursday 30 November] unveiled incredible new data from whole genome sequencing of its half a million participants. This is set to ...