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New tests in UK Biobank trial A third of a million adults in the UK are to be invited to take part in the world’s biggest study of cognitive function. The aim of the trial, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to try to predict what factors may increase the risk of developing dementia. All the participants will be part of UK Biobank, and previously gave DNA samples and lifestyle information. They will be asked to do a series of memory and reasoning tests online.

New tests in UK Biobank trial

A third of a million adults in the UK are to be invited to take part in the world’s biggest study of cognitive function.

The aim of the trial, funded by the Medical Research Council, is to try to predict what factors may increase the risk of developing dementia.

All the participants will be part of UK Biobank, and previously gave DNA samples and lifestyle information.

They will be asked to do a series of memory and reasoning tests online.

Filed under alzheimer's disease dementia cognitive function UK Biobank health medicine science

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