CORRESPONDENCE

12 May 2026

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Shenglong Li 0

Shenglong Li Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, China.

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In April this year, de-identified data from UK Biobank participants were listed for sale on an e-commerce platform in China. The UK Biobank has long defended open science, advocating for data sharing to be guided by scientific value and compliance, not geopolitical restrictions.

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