What is UK Biobank?
The '''UK Biobank''' is a big science study. It has lots of [[Medicine|medical]] information about people. Its offices are in [[Stockport]]. It has information about what [[Disease|diseases]] people have. It has information about the [[genetics]] of these people with diseases. This helps us understand the cause of diseases. It helps us study the genetic causes of disease.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-11|title=UK Biobank|url=https://www.nature.com/collections/bpthhnywqk|access-date=2023-07-26|website=Nature|language=en}}</ref> In 2023 it was said to be the most important health [[database]] in the world. The data it contains — collected from over half a million volunteers and drawn from blood, saliva, urine, height and weight — “amounts to the most detailed picture of human health anywhere on the planet”.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sample|first=Ian|date=2023-11-30|title=UK Biobank and the masses of medical data that became key to genetic research|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/30/uk-biobank-and-the-masses-of-medical-data-that-became-key-to-genetic-research|access-date=2023-12-02|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Medical research]] [[Category:Research organisations in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Organisations based in Greater Manchester]]