Latest News

(with a selected sticky post)

UK Biobank has today added the next tranche of exome data to its biomedical database, which now includes exome sequencing data on 300,000 volunteer participants.

A major epigenetics study using samples from UK Biobank will unlock new insights into the biological basis of human health and disease.

Latest ‘Organisation’ News

Read the recommendations and actions from the Oversight Committee report into data security at UK Biobank, and download the report.

Learn about UK Biobank’s plans for future procurement for the Research Analysis Platform and other infrastructure.

Latest ‘Brain’ things

(publications AND research, filtered by ‘Brain’ Disease Area) – I don’t think this can every really be sorted correctly as multiple date keys…

Author(s)
Kang Yuan, Deyan Kong, Jinghui Zhong, Mengdi Xie, Rui Liu, Wen Sun, Xinfeng Liu
Journal
JMIR Aging
  • brain
  • heart and blood vessels
Author(s)
Xiaoyu Li, Manrui Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Shengkui Zhang, Suzanne M. Bertisch, Tianyi Huang, Martin K. Rutter, Susan Redline
Journal
Nature Communications
  • brain
Author(s)
Zairen Zhou, Wenjing Su, Yuna Li, Bei Zhang, Fang Lan, Dawei Lin, Jin-Tai Yu, Jianfeng Feng, Yifei Jin, Peng Ren, Wei Cheng
Journal
Aging Cell
  • brain
  • mental health
Author(s)
Xin You Tai, Sijia Zhao, Bernard Liem, Marian Galovic, Masud Husain, Arjune Sen, Sanjay Manohar
Journal
Neurology
  • brain
  • mental health

Latest ‘Brain’ publications

Author(s)
Xiaoyu Li, Manrui Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Shengkui Zhang, Suzanne M. Bertisch, Tianyi Huang, Martin K. Rutter, Susan Redline
Journal
Nature Communications
  • brain
Author(s)
Kang Yuan, Deyan Kong, Jinghui Zhong, Mengdi Xie, Rui Liu, Wen Sun, Xinfeng Liu
Journal
JMIR Aging
  • brain
  • heart and blood vessels
Author(s)
Zairen Zhou, Wenjing Su, Yuna Li, Bei Zhang, Fang Lan, Dawei Lin, Jin-Tai Yu, Jianfeng Feng, Yifei Jin, Peng Ren, Wei Cheng
Journal
Aging Cell
  • brain
  • mental health
Author(s)
Xin You Tai, Sijia Zhao, Bernard Liem, Marian Galovic, Masud Husain, Arjune Sen, Sanjay Manohar
Journal
Neurology
  • brain
  • mental health

Latest ‘Brain’ research

Brain regions responsible for memory and emotion are affected by menopause, brain scans from 11,000 UK Biobank participants suggest.

Test that distinguishes the debilitating condition from other diseases could spare many people a long, uncertain path to the correct diagnosis.

Data from more than 2 million people, including UK Biobank participants, casts doubt on the belief that a drink a day is good for brain health.

Genetic information from healthy UK Biobank participants provides insight into an understudied disorder – and reveals a puzzle piece that could help to find treatments.

Latest projects

Many common diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, arise from multi-scale biology spanning genes, cells, tissues and organs. Despite advances in omics and imaging,…

Institution:
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany

Our vascular and brain health are highly interrelated systems and are key routes for healthy aging. This research aims to identify biological pathways that are…

Institution:
University of Florida, United States of America