biobank

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌbæŋk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of biobank¹

C20: from _bio- + _bank ¹

Example Sentences

The UK analysis used data from the UK Biobank.

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They then compared these results to the genomes of 596 control participants drawn from the NUgene biobank.

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The investigation drew on data from the UK Biobank, a large-scale health database including middle-aged participants from across the United Kingdom.

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Presented at UEG Week 2025, the research followed 123,788 adults from the UK Biobank who had no signs of liver disease at the start of the study.

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To explore whether HPV-DeepSeek could identify these cancers long before symptoms appear, the researchers analyzed 56 blood samples from the Mass General Brigham Biobank.

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