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Heliospect’s services were marketed at up to $50,000 for 100 embryos, undercover footage shows

Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers

UK Biobank offers up biggest ever cache of whole-genome sequences for medical research

Observer investigation reveals UK Biobank opened its biomedical database to insurance firms despite pledge it would not do so

According to an important study undertaken in China and the United Kingdom, living near major highways is associated with an increased risk of dementia and changes in brain structure, owing mostly to traffic-related air pollution.

Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

A new wearables research of over 25,000 people gives the greatest evidence yet that short bouts of incidental activity, the kind we perform as part of daily living, may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and even early mortality - but the amount and intensity of activity counts. Read…

According to a recent study, close family marriages, or consanguinity, may raise the chance of developing common conditions including type 2 diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Read further on Dynamite News:

In 2013, actress Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed where she revealed she’d undergone a double mastectomy. Although Jolie didn’t have breast cancer, a genetic test had revealed she carried a genetic mutation that her doctors said put her at an 87% risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. Jolie…