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Estonian Biobank launched a portal for more than 210000 biobank participants - EurekAlert


On 11 June, the Estonian Biobank, University of Tartu, launched the portal MinuGeenivaramu, which gives biobank participants (a fifth of the adult population of Estonia) personalised information on their genetic predisposition to diseases, compatibility of medicines and ancestry information. The portal also contains questionnaires for the collection of data from users for research. 

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