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What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?
UK NewsTechnologyHealth•April 23, 2026 at 5:54 PMNational

What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

By Nicola Davis Science correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protectedWith the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been 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. Continue reading...

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected

With the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been 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.

Continue reading...

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