UK Biobank is a major medical research initiative based in Manchester, UK. The company’s goal is to build the world’s most detailed information resource that can support a diverse range of research aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of serious and life-threatening illnesses and to promote health throughout society. UK Biobank chose Thermo Scientifi c Nautilus LIMS™ to track, store, manage and report on the biological data of 500,000 people as part of one of the largest medical research projects ever conducted.