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Latest news Whole Genome Sequencing data on 200,000 UK Biobank participants are made widely available for research November 17th 2021 450,000 participant exomes made available today for approved researchers through Research Analysis Platform October 29th 2021 Innovative cloud-based Research Analysis Platform launched to increase scale and accessibility of resource September 28th 2021 View all News Follow us on Twitter BPoD @BPoD_mrc Twitter Logo Retweeted by UK Biobank #ArtificialIntelligence and #genetic screening @uk_biobank identify those at risk of serious #heart problems. Video and research by @AdeMarvao @WenjiaBai et al @drjamesware @DrDeclanORegan @MRC_LMS @imperialcollege in @JACCJournals. More on bpod.mrc.ac.uk/archive/2021/1… with @MRC_LMS Reply Retweet Like 20 Nov 2021 UK Biobank @uk_biobank Twitter Logo Catch up on our 2021 Scientific Conference: enjoy it all again or see it for the first time! Expert speakers, novel scientific results and the winning presentation from #UKBiobank Early Career Researcher of the year Award! bit.ly/3FxBTkw #UKBSC21 Reply Retweet Like 19 Nov 2021 UK Biobank @uk_biobank Twitter Logo On-demand content is now available for the 2021 Scientific Conference! Watch it here: bit.ly/3FxBTkw #UKBSC21 Reply Retweet Like 19 Nov 2021 UK Biobank @uk_biobank Twitter Logo 8 years ago today, our MRI scanners were delivered to Stockport imaging centre. So far they've scanned 30,000 participants and produced 10 million images. 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