March 13, 2006

UK Biobank – controversial project finally takes off

Speakers:
Mr Terry Marsh, Senior Hydrologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Dr Mike Morecroft, Ecologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Dr Richard Harding, Senior Hydrologist, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

After years of planning, the start-up phase of one of UK science’s most controversial projects – the gathering and storage of information and biological samples from half a million British people – gets underway mid-March. The project leaders briefed the media about its objectives, its design and its ethics.