Kaiser Permanente’s Research Biobank Is Currently Largest (Non-Governmental) in the US
December 19, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
This piece should be read with an eye to the previous story about hacking DNA sequencers. The world’s largest biobank is that of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs “Million Veterans Program.” Kaiser Permanente has the largest non-governmental biobank in the US. Such resources are key to progress in precision medicine, but if a scientific terrorist wanted to disrupt the world’s most expensive healthcare system, biobanks could be productive targets. What’s the answer? MORE
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