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Press releases

Our press releases are in date order, starting with the most recent.

24 September 2009
UK Biobank opens in Croydon(pdf 33k)
28 July 2009
HRH The Princess Royal opens archive facility; £6 million further funding announced(pdf 20k)
30 January 2009
UK Biobank reaches milestone: 250,000 people are helping future generations (doc 35k)
28 January 2009
UK Biobank opens in Liverpool (doc 49k)
9 July 2008
UK Biobank opens in Bristol (pdf 56k)
6 June 2008
UK Biobank robotic system in finals of 2008 Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award (pdf 125k)
14 May 2008
UK Biobank opens in Reading (pdf 91k)
16 April 2008
UK Biobank recruits 100,000th participant (pdf 59k)
27 February 2008
Assessment centre opens in Leeds (pdf 104k)
23 January 2008
Assessment centre opens in Newcastle (pdf 108k)
5 December 2007
Stoke City Chairman supports UK Biobank (pdf 105k)
8 October 2007
Assessment centre opens in Cardiff (pdf 35k)
13 September 2007
Recruitment starts in Wales (pdf 35k)
12 June 2007
RTS' automated blood fractionation system goes live (pdf 23k)
5 June 2007
UK Biobank and Generation Scotland: two studies, one vision (pdf 32k)
11 April 2007
UK Biobank recruits in Oxford (pdf 21k)
21 March 2007
Manchester first for UK Biobank (pdf 34k)
22 August 2006
UK Biobank national press release [PDF 28k]
15 March 2006
UK Biobank national press release [PDF 1034k]
8 August 2005
UK Biobank Chief Executive and Principal Investigator