Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Depending on your outlook, biobank research' is either the key to offering everyone on the planet a long and healthy life or an exercise in science fantasy and a quick way to drain venture capital. Let's look at both sides of the argument.rnA biobank is a database that combines biological material and personal data for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment or research. UK Biobank (www. ukbiobank.ac.uk) is the largest of these databases in the UK, with a start-up budget of over £60m. Its goal is to elucidate the link between genes and the environment in a sample of 500,000 people.
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机译：您是乐观主义者还是悲观主义者？根据您的观点，生物库研究既是为地球上每个人提供长期健康生活的关键，还是在科学幻想中进行锻炼以及快速消耗风险资本的方法。让我们看一下争论的两个方面。生物银行是一个结合生物材料和个人数据用于诊断，治疗或研究目的的数据库。 UK Biobank（www.ukbiobank.ac.uk）是英国最大的数据库，其启动预算超过6000万英镑。其目标是在500,000人的样本中阐明基因与环境之间的联系。
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