Come on in, UK Biobank urges researchers everywhere
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Following five years of collecting medical data from some half a million people, UK Biobank is opening its doors to researchers and is keen to emphasise that it wants to be used as widely as possible. The organisation is a not-for-profit charity that aims to facilitate health research in the public interest by offering open access to its resources to scientists across industry and academia both in the UK and overseas.