Sardell, J. M.
Das, S.
Pearson, M.
Kolobkov, D.
Malinowski, A. R.
Fullwood, L. M.
Sanna, M.
Baxter, H.
McLellan, K.
Natt, M.
Lamirel, D.
Chowdhury, S.
Strivens, M. A.
Gardner, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5490-3358
Funding for this research was provided by:
Innovate UK (10083274)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2025
Accepted: 12 April 2026
First Online: 21 April 2026
Declarations
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: Research described in this article has been conducted using data from DecodeME study and UK Biobank (application number 44288). Consent to participate has been received from all participants. The DecodeME study has approval from North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee (21/NW/0169). DecodeME is registered in the Research Registry (identifying number 6395). More information on the study is available online ( ). UK Biobank has approval from the North West Multi-centre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) as a Research Tissue Bank (RTB) approval, and researchers do not require separate ethical clearance and can operate under this RTB approval. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: JMS, SD, MP, DK, ARM, LMF, MS, MAS, and SG are employees of PrecisionLife Ltd. SG is a shareholder of PrecisionLife Ltd.