The provision of biological samples and information for the three-generation cohort survey promoted by the Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization has started, and information on the large-scale survey of 7 people has become available to researchers nationwide.This will provide all baseline information for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Plan Long Term Health Survey.
According to Tohoku University, the three-generation cohort survey will be conducted by the Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization and the Iwate Medical University Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization with the aim of recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake and realizing personalized medicine. One of the large-scale surveys. Since 15, we have been collecting samples, etc., including family information, mainly for pregnant women and children born.
This time, we will provide samples such as adult serum, plasma, DNA, urine, breast milk, umbilical cord blood of children, mononuclear cells, basic information such as family information, health information of mothers, survey registration. Time blood, urine, obstetric chart posting information, etc.
With the start of this provision, all baseline information for the three-generation cohort survey has been provided, but the Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization will continue to provide temporal information obtained from follow-up surveys, and the genome that is being promoted on a large scale. We would like to promote the provision of omics analysis information (* 1).We will continue to carry out long-term health surveys and promote the enrichment and sharing of data that will be responsible for Japan's medical infrastructure.
(* 1) Omics analysis information Comprehensive biomolecular information including genome
