Germany plans mass medical study

Article reports that German scientists are planning the country’s biggest biomedical study. The National Cohort will be an intensive investigation of the health, lifestyle and genetics of 200,000 people, at an estimated cost of €210m over 10 years.

They intend to use the National Cohort 'to investigate how chronic diseases are conditioned by lifestyle and environmental issues, as well as by genetic predisposition'.

Website: Helmholtz Association http://www.helmholtz.de/en/

Website: Biobank (UK) http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/

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