UK Biobank breach prompts the field of genomics to rethink open science
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In April this year, de-identified data from UK Biobank participants were listed for sale on an e-commerce platform in China. The UK Biobank has long defended open science, advocating for data sharing to be guided by scientific value and compliance, not geopolitical restrictions.
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Nature 653, 642 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01520-w
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