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Completion of 50,000 Japanese whole genome sequence analysis and release of whole genome reference panel of 38,000 Japanese individuals (38KJPN): Research: 2022/07/19; ToMMo has completed whole genome sequence analysis for 50,000 who participated in TMM cohort studies. This is […]
Launch of Joint Research to Collect a Year’s Worth of Lifestyle Data Through Wearable Tracking Device. Objective tracking data combined with cohort data to drive medicine of the future.: Research: 2022/05/23; Key points of the announcement • Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Daiichi Sankyo Compan […]
The article about construction of integrated database dbTMM has been published in Human Genome Variation: Research: 2022/01/17; The article of the integrated database dbTMM for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project has been published in Hum […]
Study Reveals Nrf2 Critical Role in Regulating our Metabolism in Space [Press Release]: Research: 2022/01/12; Astronauts spend an average of six-months aboard the International Space Station. During that time, their bodi […]
The article about meta-GWAS across various ancestry groups in which ToMMo participated was published on Nature: Research: 2022/01/05; A new article, entitled "The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids" was publ […]
Genome information for 14,000 people is now available -jMorp 2021 major update-: Research: 2021/12/27; We updated a database, the Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel (jMorp), which provides information on the hum […]
Spouses Really Are Together in Sickness and in Health Suggests New Study [Press Release]: Research: 2021/09/22; A couple’s health is surprisingly intertwined according to a recent cohort study that looked at Dutch and Japa […]
Toshiba, ToMMo, Tohoku University Hospital, and NICT Demonstrate the Use of Quantum Cryptography Communication and Secret Sharing Technologies for Distributed Storage of Genome Analysis Data: Research: 2021/08/26; -Contributing to safe data management in the fields of genomic research and medicine- Toshiba Corporation, Toh […]
The article about the design and pilot study for return of genomic results in TMM cohort study was published: Research: 2021/07/27; The article about the design and pilot study for return of genomic results in Tohoku Medical Megabank (TMM) Pr […]
Allele frequency data of the 8.3KJPN has been released from dbSNP: Research: 2021/06/29; Allele frequency data of the Japanese whole genome reference panel 8.3KJPN, constructed by Tohoku Medical Mega […]