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General => The Shed => Topic started by: ceres on September 24, 2009, 10:19:12

Title: Biobank
Post by: ceres on September 24, 2009, 10:19:12
Anyone done it?
Title: Re: Biobank
Post by: vjm63 on September 25, 2009, 07:44:20
My hubby has.

They weigh you, measure you, do tests for eg bone density, and you get some computer-based tests for about 90 minutes. You get a mini print out afterwards of your height, wieght etc.

All relatively painless, and adds to the info they can use for medical research - all put together to anonymise it and then it will be used spot trends and associate diseases and other conditions with certain genes and lifestyle.