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Editorial
. 2025 Sep;41(9):730-732.
doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2025.07.008. Epub 2025 Aug 7.

Unraveling immunity: insights from biobank-scale data

Ashley Richardson  1 , Kailash Bp  2 , Chad H Hogan  3
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Editorial

Unraveling immunity: insights from biobank-scale data

Ashley Richardson et al. Trends Genet. 2025 Sep.

Abstract

The scale and granularity of biobanks are reshaping the future of immunogenetics, enabling breakthroughs at a pace never before possible. Here, we highlight two recent preprints that apply novel statistical methods to biobank data to understand how inherited variants shape immune traits and disease risk.

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Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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