UK Biobank responds to claim it shared data with insurance companies
An investigation published in the Observer newspaper claims that UK Biobank granted insurance companies access to its database, despite previous assurances that it would not...
A government-funded project to collect DNA samples and medical records from 500,000 British volunteers aged 45-69, to study the effects of genetic and environmental factors on health.
An investigation published in the Observer newspaper claims that UK Biobank granted insurance companies access to its database, despite previous assurances that it would not...
UK Biobank has written to all GP practices in England requesting the release of primary care data for consented participants...
The link between genetic variants, circulating blood protein levels and their association with disease was investigated in one of the largest studies to date...
Researchers have identified four new breast-cancer-associated genes that have the potential to help improve clinical screening for women at risk...
by Jen Willows
The number of children a person has may be influenced by their genome, according to an international study...
A genetic variant understood to have protected people against the Black Death, has been shown to also be protective against severe COVID-19, a study has found...
by Jen Willows
Polygenic risk scores could help GPs to decide which patients to refer for prostate biopsies...
Women with high risk single-gene variants in the BRCA gene may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer than previously reported...
Disease risk, from single-gene variants, is influenced by the rest of the genome...
A gene variant linked to Alzheimer's disease has been shown to increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms...
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