Galloway John
Dental Team Studies Unit, UCL Eastman Dental Hospital, London, UK.
Prim Dent Care. 2011 Jan;18(1):6-12. doi: 10.1308/135576111794065720.
The author of this article has been involved in the development of the UK Biobank, and was instrumental in ensuring that dentistry has been included in the project. He describes what the UK Biobank is, what the project involves and aims to achieve, and how by July 2010 some 500,000 UK citizens aged from 40-69 years had been recruited. He then details the events that led to the inclusion of dentistry in the project, the key role that stored saliva samples will have, and how the project will link to data stored by the Dental Practice Board and now the National Health Service Business Services Authority. The article ends with a brief look into the future of the project.
本文作者参与了英国生物银行的开发工作，并在确保将牙科纳入该项目中发挥了重要作用。他介绍了英国生物银行是什么、该项目涉及的内容和旨在实现的目标，以及到2010年7月如何招募了约50万名年龄在40至69岁之间的英国公民。然后，他详细阐述了将牙科纳入该项目的一系列事件、所储存唾液样本将发挥的关键作用，以及该项目将如何与牙科执业委员会（现由国家医疗服务体系商业服务管理局）所储存的数据相联系。文章最后简要展望了该项目的未来。
