The world’s largest study of proteins circulating the human body will begin in the UK this month, with the aim of pinpointing how diseases develop and paving the way for simple blood tests to detect the likes of cancer and dementia years before they are diagnosed by doctors.
The UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project could be a “crucial piece in the jigsaw puzzle for scientists”, experts suggest, with the potential to transform healthcare by the end of the decade.
