Tag: FIMM
Genetic and Health Data Analyses of Finnish Biobank Participants Describe Hundreds of Novel Genetic...
Since initiation in 2017, the FinnGen study has developed into one of the world’s leading biobank-based genomic research projects. Currently FinnGen is completing the construction of a resource that integrates genomic information from 500,000 Finns with more than half...
Global Biobanks Collaboration Identified Novel Gene Variants for a Rare Severe Lung Disease
The study, led by the University of Helsinki, identified seven previously novel genetic risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Only one of these would have been identified if the study had utilized data from European biobanks only. Global collaboration enabled...
