Catch up on our latest communications to participants and learn about the difference that participant data is making to health research.
Data security updates for our participants
Read a message from our CEO, Professor Sir Rory Collins, sent to participants on 3 June 2026.
Read our participant communication, sent to participants at the end of April and in early May 2026.
We would like to inform you about an incident involving UK Biobank data. We apologise to our participants for the concern this will cause, and we hope to provide reassurance by outlining the serious actions we are taking in response.
Newsletters
Read UK Biobank News for Winter 2025/26 – a regular update on the latest from UK Biobank for our participants.
Read the 2024/25 participant newsletter full of the latest news, research highlights and insights from UK Biobank.
UK Biobank in the news
The world’s largest imaging project
- Biggest human imaging study scans 100,000th person, BBC News
- Full-body scans of 100,000 people could change way diseases are detected and treated, The Guardian
- Tom Clarke accesses UK Biobank’s record-breaking imaging project and speaks with 100,000th volunteer, Sky News
- Husband and wife offer up bodies to complete [UK] Biobank scan project, The Times
- What scientists learned scanning the bodies of 100,000 Brits, Bloomberg
- The world’s largest medical imaging project hits target, Channel 4 News
- Today Programme, BBC Radio 4
Participant events
We hold regular events for participants, both online and in person. We don’t have any events planned at the moment but you can catch up with past events on our YouTube channel.
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