Our data is enabling researchers worldwide to make scientific discoveries that improve public health.
Research stories
Read a selection of stories about how healthcare is being changed by discoveries made with our participants’ data.
Researchers claim that people who live near major airports have poorer cardiac function so stricter noise limits for planes are urgently needed.
Analysis of the ‘fingerprint’ of blood vessels in the retina could make it possible for people to keep tabs on their cardiovascular health during routine eye tests.
First-of-its-kind study of more than 200 UK Biobank participants’ scans could help doctors to spot early heart failure in type 2 diabetes patients.
DNA from 1,600 ancient people and 400,000 UK Biobank participants reveals why MS is more common among northern Europeans: they are more closely related to the ancient people in which some of the genetic risk factors for the disease emerged.
Publications
View publications linked directly to UK Biobank approved projects. More than 16,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers have been published as a result of using UK Biobank data.