1. About UK Biobank

    UK Biobank is a large long-term study in the United Kingdom (UK) which is investigating the respective contributions of genetic predisposition and environmental exposure (including nutrition, lifestyle, medications etc.) to the development of disease. It began in 2007.

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    1. UK Biobank chose to use it rather than develop our own standards.
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    2. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Superiority in ...

      Explore sacbee.com (May 9 2012)

      ...of Thermo Fisher has a strong presence in Europe, especially after acquiring customer projects from UK Biobank, Hunt Biobank and University of Lund. In North America, there are several upcoming academic and bio... (Read Full Article)

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    3. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Superiority in ...

      Explore MarketWatch (May 9 2012)

      ...of Thermo Fisher has a strong presence in Europe, especially after acquiring customer projects from UK Biobank, Hunt Biobank and University of Lund. In North America, there are several upcoming academic and bio... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frost & Sullivan   UK Biobank

    4. Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Thermo Fisher Scientific for its Superiority in the Global Biobanking Products, Services and Solutions Market

      Explore Newswire Today's (May 8 2012)

      ...of Thermo Fisher has a strong presence in Europe, especially after acquiring customer projects from UK Biobank, Hunt Biobank and University of Lund. In North America, there are several upcoming academic and bio... (Read Full Article)

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    5. LIMS: Managing Medical Data of 500,000 People!

      Explore LIMS BLOG (Apr 20 2012)

      LIMS: Managing Medical Data of 500,000 People! ...ently, Labmate Online reported on a new medical biobank of data on over 500,000 people made open by UK Biobank in Manchester, UK, to help researchers to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, such as heart dise... (Read Full Article)

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    6. In the news this week, an update on UK Biobank's population-based research. Read the Case Study here and learn how UK Biobank uses Thermo Scientific LIMS to track, store, manage and report on the biological data of 500,000 people.

      Explore LIMS BLOG (Apr 2 2012)

      In the news this week, an update on UK Biobank's population-based research. Read the Case Study here and learn how UK Biobank uses Thermo Scientific LIMS to track, store, manage and report on the biological data of 500,000 people. ...of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses and to promote health throughout society. UK Biobank chose Thermo Scientific LIMS to track, store, manage and report on the biological data of 500,000 p... (Read Full Article)

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    7. New research opportunities from UK Biobank

      Explore labmate-online.com (Mar 30 2012)

      New research opportunities from UK Biobank ...agnosis and treatment of a wide range of conditions such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The UK Biobank started testing patients three years ago, and since then has collected around 20TB (terabytes) of s... (Read Full Article)

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    8. Thermo Fisher Scientific Publishes New Poster Illustrating the Benefits of Integrating

      Explore Newswire Today's (Sep 30 2010)

      ...w poster outlines how the company's work with some of the world's most renowned biobanks, including UK Biobank and HUNT Biobank, has enabled it to feature a range of expertise in its biobanking module. It also ... (Read Full Article)

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    9. Will Biobanking Change the World?

      Explore Scientific Computing (Jun 17 2010)

      ...oo has become an ethical concern for some researchers, as the policy for some biobanks, such as the UK Biobank is that, if a condition is identified upon sample intake, the donor will be notified, but if a mark... (Read Full Article)

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    10. The Changing Face of Biobanks

      Explore GenomeWeb (Jul 1 2009)

      ...-wide biobanks exist in Iceland, the UK, Sweden, Canada, Estonia, Latvia, Singapore, and Japan. The UK Biobank is one of the most ambitious of these projects, intending to collect, store, and study the genetic ... (Read Full Article)

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    11. Information You Can Bank On

      Explore Bio-IT World (May 28 2009)

      Bio-IT World | Andy Harris, Information Services Director of UK Biobank, was entrusted with a daunting task when he joined the huge data repository project, which was firs... (Read Full Article)

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    12. Saving for the future

      Explore Scientific Computing World (Apr 16 2009)

      Saving for the future ... incredibly valuable and 100 per cent assurance of their integrity needs to be known,’ he says. The UK Biobank, for instance, costs in the region of £60m, and if samples were mixed up or lost, it would reduce t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LabWare   UK Biobank

    13. The UK Biobank sample handling and storage protocol for the collection, processing and archiving of human blood and urine

      Explore Oxford Journals (Mar 31 2008)

      Conclusion The sample handling and storage protocol adopted by UK Biobank provides quality assured and validated methods that are feasible within the available funding and r... (Read Full Article)

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