UK Biobank
Six-strong collaboration to sequence 500,000 exomes
January 9, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development UK Biobank, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
A collaboration that sees six pharma players come together to fund the sequencing of a particular section of DNA of …
Pfizer in metabolic disease push
September 11, 2015Medical Communications, Research and Development AMRA, Pfizer, UK Biobank, med tech, metabolic disease, obesity
Pfizer has signed a research collaboration with a global medical health technology company, to investigate risk factors for metabolic conditions. …
UK science in line for £500m boost from EU
October 20, 2010Research and Development UK Biobank, UKCMRI, biotech funding, life sciences, science parks
The European Investment Bank has unveiled a £500 million package of loans to boost the UK’s science and education base …
Milestone for UK Biobank
July 8, 2010Research and Development DNA, MRC, UK Biobank, Wellcome
Medical research initiative the UK Biobank has collected DNA samples from its 500,000th volunteer, marking a major milestone in its …
World’s biggest DNA project launched
March 16, 2006Research and Development DNA, MRC, UK Biobank, Wellcome
UK Biobank, the world’s largest and most detailed study of how genes, lifestyle and environment affect risks of developing disease, …
