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SUMMARY:Big Biobanks in the East and West - Zhengming Chen (Professor of E
 pidemiology\, NDPH\, University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:Many important genetic and non-genetic causes of major disease
 s still await discovery.\n\nSeveral big blood-based prospective studies ha
 ve been undertaken this century\, including the China Kadoorie Biobank (CK
 B) and UK Biobank\, both based in Oxford. \n\nMajor findings are now emerg
 ing in CKB\, some expected and some intriguingly unexpected but novel\, in
 cluding assessment of any causal protective effects of moderate alcohol dr
 inking on stroke and heart disease using the East Asian specific “flushi
 ng” genes. The big maturing biobanks in the Eastern and Western populati
 ons with different lifestyles\, environments and genetic architectures wil
 l greatly improve our understanding about the aetiology of many diseases.\
 nSpeakers:\nZhengming Chen (Professor of Epidemiology\, NDPH\, University 
 of Oxford)
LOCATION:Green Templeton College (EP Abraham Lecture Theatre)\, Woodstock 
 Road OX2 6HG
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URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/91951eeb-00c3-4b0a-b281-b7073ba253
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