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Q-Chip
Custom genotyping array enriched for Qatari and Arab variants to improve local discovery, screening, and clinical interpretation relative to generic arrays.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Qatar and Arab-region clinical/research applications
- Project type
- population-specific genotyping platform
- Research domain
- translational genomics and clinical genotyping
- Years
- 2018–
- Lifecycle status
- available and used in clinical pilots
- Status basis
- The platform launched in 2018 and remains on QPHI's current translational-genomics pages; HMC uses it in the 2024 genomic newborn-screening pilot.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- No public marker count confirmed on the current page; derived from Qatar population-genomic findings and deployed in national collaborations.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Qatar Genome Programme · Qatar Biobank · Qatar Precision Health Institute
- Partner organizations
- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar · Hamad Medical Corporation Diagnostic Genomic Division · Sidra Medicine
- Organism / population
- Qatari and Arab populations
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- SNP genotyping array
- population-specific variants
- clinical screening
Data access
Platform access through partner institutions; not an open participant dataset.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named national population-specific genomic platform reused across research and clinical screening.
Editorial note
Platform output of QGP, not a cohort. Distinct from the broader Pan-Arab Array under development.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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