World's Largest Medical Experiment

eldavojohn writes "Recently in the UK, a Biobank project has been rolled out to 'unpick' the genetic basis of diseases such as cancer on half a million volunteers. This is based on the success of a three-month pilot phase conducted on 3,800 participants. From the article: 'Over the next four years, blood and urine samples will be collected from volunteers aged 40 to 69, to help scientists unravel the genetic foundations of common diseases, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, dementia and joint problems. If you live in the UK, agreeing to this survey may involve a little more than you would expect."

What they really need to get this rolling......

[Anonymous Coward]

Is a couple of scantilly clad nurses. Then they can collect DNA too.

Re:What they really need to get this rolling......

[2.7182]

I think such a study would be seminal work in this area....

The military did invent it.

[krell]

"AIDS can result from being infected with the HIV virus. And I don't think the military invented it. It's been recently shown to have definitely come from monkeys, probably in the 1930's."

Both are true [flakmag.com]: the military invented it and it came from monkeys. One on the same.

Re:But..

[zippthorne]

World of Warcraft on the other hand is pure genius!

The largest experiment that we know about...

[BigZaphod]

What about all the fluoride in the water? It's a conspiracy... a secret experiment that's been conducted for a generation. Who knows what effects that has on us? It might be turning us all into communist spies. Perhaps we'll all wake up one day under the influence of a massive KGB mind control beam. Anything could happen! We must protect our precious bodily fluids at all costs!

Fine

[FreeUser]

We need people to die..

Fine. You first.

Why bother with volunteers?

[RubberBaron]

...blood and urine samples will be collected from volunteers...

Just go down to any chav-infested town centre on a Friday or Saturday night. Plenty of blood and urine around then...

Non-UK residents...

[Goodgerster]

Of course, if you live anywhere other than the UK, you'll find it involves far more than you'd expect.

Re:The largest experiment that we know about...

[bdonalds]

Please watch this movie [imdb.com]. We will all be better for it.

Re:What?

[Dhalka226]

Would the submitter care to enlighten us on how the survey involves more than we would expect?

NO! Then you would expect it!!!

Re:But..

[P3NIS_CLEAVER]

If people stop consuming they will go back to fucking.....