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Scientists will use images from the world’s largest whole-body scanning study to see how people’s brains, hearts, abdomens and bones have aged and accelerate research into the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of our major diseases.

UK Biobank’s Principal Investigator, Professor Sir Rory Collins, has today become the 60,000th volunteer to take part in the world’s largest internal organ imaging study.

UK Biobank’s founding funders recently completed their latest 5-yearly review of UK Biobank and agreed to renew funding for the next 5 years.

The collection of whole-body repeat imaging scans of 60,000 UK Biobank participants will provide researchers with a unique set of longitudinal measures to understand the determinants and progression of disease in mid-to-later life.

UK Biobank has today added the final tranche of exome sequencing data to its research database. This represents completion of cohort-wide exome sequencing for over 470,000 participants within the UK Biobank resource.

UK Biobank is pleased to announce the appointments of Nicola Perrin MBE and Professor Sir Michael Ferguson to its Board.

UK Biobank has today re-opened its imaging centre in Bristol, following a successful lease to the NHS in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.

UK Biobank is delighted to announce that our Principal Investigator and Chief Executive, Professor Sir Rory Collins, will be honoured for his ground-breaking research into cardiovascular disease and stroke

UK Biobank Chairman has been recognised for his membership and chairmanship of a range of public and charitable bodies, including UK Biobank, as well as for his services to the medical field.

UK Biobank has today launched a new programme to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) Credits available through the UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (RAP).