TwinsUK
http://www.twinsuk.ac.uk/
TwinsUK is the UK’s largest adult twin registry and the most clinically detailed in the world. Set up the cohort in 1992 to investigate the incidence of osteoporosis and other rheumatologic diseases in several hundred monozygotic (identical) twins. We now have over 15,000 identical and non-identical twins from across the UK, with ages between eighteen and one hundred and our research has expanded to include multiple diseases and conditions. TwinsUK aims to investigate the genetic and environmental basis of a range of complex diseases and conditions. Current research includes the genetics of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, the musculoskeletal system, ageing, sight as well as how the microbiome affects human health. The TwinsUK cohort is now probably the most genotyped and phenotyped in the world. TwinsUK data have enabled multiple collaborations with research groups worldwide and the publication of over 700 research papers.
Services
- Ability to recontact
- Access to the full pathology archive
- Digital imaging
Existing samples:
- Fit and well (finding)
Contact Information
- Email:
- victoria.vazquez@kcl.ac.uk
- Address:
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Department of Twin Research, King's College London
St Thomas’ Hospital Campus
4th Floor, South Wing, Block D
Westminster Bridge Road
London
Greater London
SE1 7EH
England
Last Updated: 10/05/2021
Annual Statistics
| Year | Access Requests Received | Access Requests Approved | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal | External | Commercial | Internal | External | Commercial | |
| 2015 | 14 | 1 | N/A | 14 | 1 | N/A |
| 2016 | 13 | 3 | N/A | 13 | 2 | N/A |
| 2017 | 13 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 1 | N/A |
| 2018 | 15 | 3 | N/A | 15 | 2 | N/A |
| 2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2021 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |