biobank

British  

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌbæŋk /

noun

1. any large store of human biological samples for research into the genetic and environmental causes of disease

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Etymology

Origin of biobank

C20: from _bio- + _bank ¹

Example Sentences

To see whether this genetic signal was reflected in everyday life, the team analyzed dietary data from the UK Biobank.

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To explore this connection, researchers examined genetic and health information from more than 350,000 UK Biobank participants between the ages of 40 and 69.

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Although most people carry DNA repeats that slowly expand throughout life, scientists had not previously examined how widespread this instability is or which genes control it using large biobank datasets.

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The research team, which included scientists from UCLA, the Broad Institute, and Harvard Medical School, analyzed whole genome sequencing data from 490,416 participants in the UK Biobank and 414,830 participants in the All of Us Research Program.

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The computational tools developed for this study can now be applied to other large biobank datasets to identify additional unstable DNA repeats and related disease risks.

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