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Qatar Twin Biorepository
National twin resource for separating genetic and environmental contributions to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other traits.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Qatar, accepting resident twins of all nationalities and ages
- Project type
- twin registry, cohort, and biorepository
- Research domain
- genetic epidemiology of complex disease
- Years
- 2024–
- Lifecycle status
- recruiting
- Status basis
- QPHI's current page offers registration; Qatar Foundation reported more than 100 twin pairs enrolled by February 2025.
- Status evidence date
- 2025-02-01
- Scale
- More than 100 twin pairs enrolled by early 2025; open to twins and family members, including children and adults.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Qatar University · Qatar Precision Health Institute
- Partner organizations
- Sidra Medicine
- Organism / population
- Identical and non-identical twins and family members
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- biospecimens
- zygosity/genetic data
- clinical phenotypes
- family data
Data access
Controlled collaboration through QPHI/Qatar University.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
First national twin cohort and biorepository with active recruitment and a reusable family resource.
Editorial note
Registry and biorepository are treated as one project lineage.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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