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UK Biobank is safely sharing health data to drive medical research

Letter: Prof Rory Collins, CEO of UK Biobank, responds to concerns about access to UK patient information, highlighting the safeguards and research benefits

The Guardian - UK

Half a million UK GP records to become accessible to researchers from China

Intelligence agencies have raised fears about the authoritarian country gathering health data

The Independent UK

Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records

Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fears

The Guardian - UK

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Alzheimer’s could be diagnosed 10 years earlier after world’s largest blood proteins study

UK based project could pave way for blood tests to detect diseases years before diagnosis

The Independent UK

Largest ever protein study set to revolutionise cancer and dementia tests

Tens of millions of pounds in investment is being provided by the group of firms which includes AstraZenecaa and Pfizer

The Independent UK

World’s largest proteins study ‘invaluable’ for understanding disease – experts

The scaled-up project is backed by a consortium of 14 pharmaceutical firms.

Evening Standard

Concerns raised over access to UK Biobank data after ‘race scientists’ claims

Expert says any suggestion of Human Diversity Foundation accessing sensitive data could affect public trust in science

The Guardian - UK

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Thinktanks issue UK ‘wake-up’ call to danger posed by scientific racism

Guardian and Hope Not Hate investigation has ‘raised the stakes’ over threat posed by rightwing ideology

The Guardian - UK

US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’

Heliospect’s services were marketed at up to $50,000 for 100 embryos, undercover footage shows

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: have you donated your health information to UK Biobank?

We would like to hear from people who volunteered for UK Biobank after a possible breach of controls on data

The Guardian - UK

‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data

Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers

The Guardian - UK

COVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds

'You may have forgotten that you had COVID years ago, but it has not forgotten about you.'

Fortune

Loneliness may not make you ill after all, says new study – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t tackle it

When was the last time that you felt lonely? It’s an uncomfortable question, but for 3.83 million people in the UK, 7.1% of the population, the answer is probably “right now”.

The Conversation

The catch-22 of processed vegan food

Researchers looked at nearly a decade’s worth of data from about 118,000 adults who participated in the UK Biobank

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The Guardian - UK

Scientists urge GPs to share UK patient data for research into new treatments

Researchers call on the government to settle dispute, which they say is impeding groundbreaking research

Medical Daily

Being Moderately Overweight Lowers Cardiovascular Death Risk In Older Adults With Diabetes: Study

Researchers have now identified the ideal weight for adults with type 2 diabetes to minimize their risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

The Guardian - UK

Genetic data on 500,000 volunteers in UK to be released for scientific study

UK Biobank offers up biggest ever cache of whole-genome sequences for medical research

The Guardian - UK

UK Biobank and the masses of medical data that became key to genetic research

The resource, which is on the move to Manchester, now ranks as the world’s most important health database

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The Independent UK

UK Biobank releases world’s largest set of whole genome sequencing data

Among other things, the data could enable researchers to look at a person’s individual risk of common disease.

The Guardian - UK

Lower socioeconomic status ‘triples risk of early-onset dementia’

People from less privileged background at greater risk of developing condition under age of 65, study finds

The Guardian - UK

Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so

The Guardian - UK

Half a million of us want to donate our data to British science, but it’s languishing unused because of privacy fears

Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Dynamite News

Researchers discover impact of parental relatedness on type 2 diabetes, other common diseases

According to a recent study, close family marriages, or consanguinity, may raise the chance of developing common conditions including type 2 diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Cancer survivors may be at heightened risk of cardiovascular disease

UK Biobank study suggests heart scans could help identify early damage and guide post-treatment care

Dynamite News

Poor sleep might bolster genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially doubling risk: Research

A big UK Biobank research published in the open-access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research reveals that poor quality sleep may increase a person's genetic predisposition to asthma, potentially doubling their chance of being diagnosed with the illness. Read further on Dynamite News:

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