Sudlow Cathie, Gallacher John, Allen Naomi, Beral Valerie, Burton Paul, Danesh John, Downey Paul, Elliott Paul, Green Jane, Landray Martin, Liu Bette, Matthews Paul, Ong Giok, Pell Jill, Silman Alan, Young Alan, Sprosen Tim, Peakman Tim, Collins Rory
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; UK Biobank, Stockport, United Kingdom.
University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
PLoS Med. 2015 Mar 31;12(3):e1001779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001779. eCollection 2015 Mar.
Cathie Sudlow and colleagues describe the UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective study, established to allow investigation of the genetic and non-genetic determinants of the diseases of middle and old age.
凯西·萨德洛及其同事描述了英国生物银行,这是一项基于人群的大型前瞻性研究,旨在研究中老年疾病的遗传和非遗传决定因素。