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Mayo Clinic's Biobank is enabling discovery on a new scale as genomic data from 52,000 participants can be studied alongside medical records, imaging, pathology and a growing body of research data across Mayo Clinic.
Inside the Mayo Clinic Marvin Building, Janet Olson, Ph.D., walks past rows of freezers containing more than 1 million tubes of biological samples donated for research to the Mayo Clinic Biobank. The collection she helped develop starting in 2009 has supported more than 650 studies spanning heart disease, cancer, neurological disorders and many other conditions.
In the years since, advances in genomic sequencing and analysis allow scientists to uncover information that was beyond reach when the Biobank began. Researchers have analyzed the protein-coding regions of DNA from 52,000 Biobank participants, looking for genetic changes linked to disease. Those findings add a new dimension to the health information participants have contributed over the years, giving researchers a richer picture of how genetics may influence health and disease.
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