
Penn Medicine BioBank featured in Philadelphia Inquirer- Health
Link: Philadelphia Inquirer - Health (Penn Medicine BioBank) More than 260,000 people have signed up to participate in the project, called Penn Medicine BioBank,agreeing to have their samples stored in secure, negative-80 degree freezers. By cross-referencing participants’ DNA with their electronic health records,researchers have discovered genetic variants related to heart disease, hearing loss, diabetes, glaucoma, and muscular dystrophy, among other conditions.