Estonia's biobank: Is this the first large-scale personalized medicine initiative?
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Estonia is working on becoming the first country to implement personalized health at scale through the Estonian National Biobank.The biobank uses genetic data to create a picture of the Estonian population, leading to the potential adaptation of public health systems. The Estonian Biobank has samples from 20% of the adult population; in comparison, UK biobanks only represent 0.7% of the population. With so much data, Estonia can determine risk factors for cancer, cardiovascular disease, ...
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