Adults whose resting heart rate falls below 50 beats per minute or climbs to 90 and above face a measurably higher risk of ...

When UK Biobank deidentified data appeared on an online Chinese marketplace, it prompted concern about data security.1 UK Biobank withdrew researcher access to their platform and within weeks ...

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 ...

A unique data resource of the health and lifestyles of half a million Britons - including 26 000 people with diabetes and 50 000 with joint disorders, 41 000 teetotallers, and 11 000 heart attack ...

An old study based on UK Biobank participants which observed that people with higher sunscreen use also had an increased risk of skin cancer has been misrepresented online as suggesting that sunscreen ...

There is an accompanying press briefing being hosted by the Science Media Centre in the UK. Please contact UK Biobank for the details. In a remarkable achievement that is already impacting how we ...

After five years, more than 350,000 hours of genome sequencing, and over £200 million of investment, UK Biobank is releasing the world’s largest-by-far single set of human sequencing data—completing ...

UK Biobank's proteomics study will measure 5,400 proteins in 600,000 samples, tracking changes over mid-to-late life. By combining genetic, imaging and proteomic data, this initiative promises ...

The UK Biobank is an unprecedented resource that has provided researchers with essential data from half a million people between the ages of 40 and 69, who regularly give samples of saliva, blood, and ...