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What We Learned From a Decade-long Genome Cohort Study of 100,000 Japanese Individuals [Press Release]: Research: 2025/11/13; At a time when large-scale human genome analysis was not yet common, the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization […]
Genome and metabolome data expansion and added health survey information -jMorp 2025 major update-: Research: 2025/10/28; We have updated the Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel (jMorp), incorporating expanded genome and metabolome […]
Team Compares Degree of Housing Damage Resulting From Great East Japan Earthquake and All-cause Mortality [Press Release]: Research: 2025/02/27; Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations a […]
Genome and metabolome data expansion, including MNV allele and genotype frequency panel -jMorp 2024 major update-: Research: 2024/10/23; In September 2024, we updated the Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel (jMorp). This update includes expanded […]
Near Telomere-to-telomere Japanese Reference Genome Sequence and Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmic Variants Panel Are Released on jMorp: Research: 2024/07/08; The Japanese Reference Genome Sequence (JG3), the first Japanese near telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly, has […]
The Whole Genome Sequence of 100,000 Japanese General Population Has Completed -Largest in Asian Population, One of the World's Leading-: Research: 2024/06/20; The Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank (TMM) Project has completed data acquisition for whole-genome an […]
Researchers Investigate the Dietary Impacts of Dairy within the Japanese Population [Press Release]: Research: 2024/04/18; A recent study by Tohoku University researchers has shed light on the association between dairy product consum […]
Identified Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) in Breast Milk as an Important Nutritional Ingredient for Child Neurodevelopment Study Published in the International Journal Nutrients: Research: 2024/01/29; Joint research with ToMMo and Meiji Co., Ltd. has resulted in identifying the concentration of nicotinamide mo […]
Metabolome, transcriptome, metagenome, and genome data expansion -jMorp 2023 major update-: Research: 2023/09/04; We updated a database, the Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel (jMorp), in August 2023. In this update we hav […]
Lengthy Screen Time Associated with Childhood Development Delays [Press Release]: Research: 2023/08/30; A Japanese study found delays in a variety of key skills in children’s early years is associated with screen t […]