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Published online 17 December 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1315
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Major biobank launches in America
Half a million participants could help to highlight links between genes and disease.
A health-care organization based in Oakland, California, is building a biobank that could rival the world's largest in size and scope.
The biobank will be run by the health-care provider Kaiser Permanente and has received a grant of US$8.
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