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National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BioResource is a panel of thousands of volunteers, both with and without health problems, who are willing to be approached to participate in research studies investigating the links between genes, the environment, health and disease.

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The support and goodwill of our volunteers is vital to the ongoing success of the NIHR BioResource. Becoming a member is only the first step in the process and it is the participation of volunteers in further studies that makes NIHR BioResource unique and allows us to support such a diverse range of different research studies...

The NIHR BioResource was established to further clinical research within the UK by assisting researchers with volunteer recruitment, specifically volunteer recruitment by genotype and/or phenotype. Researchers can apply to the BioResource...

There are approximately 7,000 inherited rare diseases and the genetic basis of about half of these have been discovered, the challenge now is to identify the remaining causes of rare diseases.