What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?
Thousands of research papers have been published based on participants’ data, but there are questions over protection of private information
With the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/private-health-records-uk-biobank-chinese-website-alibaba">put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has achieved – and why concerns have been raised.
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