The resource, which is on the move to Manchester, now ranks as the world’s most important health database
The origins of the UK Biobank can be traced back to a pilot study in a building in Stockport bordered by the Cheadle Heath police station on one side and the local recreation ground on the other. It was the early 2000s and scientists had realised the potential for genomics and big data to transform health research.
With diabetes, cancer, dementia and other ailments on the rise, scientists pushed for a database devoted to genetics, health and lifestyle to help them tease apart who was most at risk and how diseases could be prevented.
About Author
More Stories
I keep fantasising about living in total solitude in a forest
Microsoft unveils chip it says could bring quantum computing within years
Alzheimer’s research centers face Trump-imposed $65m funding delay across the US