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Letter: So what's so new about this genome project?

Published 27 September 2017

From Garrett Simpson, Reading, Berkshire, UK

You report on the UK's 100,000 Genomes Project and concerns over data privacy (2 September, p 22). This reminded me of the UK Biobank (7 April 2012, p 8). It has 500,000 members and, apart from blood, is interested in things such as lifestyle. What is the extra benefit of the new project?

The editor writes:
The UK Biobank . The collects whole DNA sequences.

Issue no. 3145 published 30 September 2017

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