Generations Study
Initiatives
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Resource of human biological samples and data. We aim to create more effective treatments based on gene knowledge for the medical, social and economic benefit of Scotland and its people.
- Start Year
- 2003
- End Year
- 2011
- Funding
- Scottish Higher Education Fuding Council
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Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Swerdlow, AJ & Jones, Michael & Schoemaker, Minouk & Hemming, J & Thomas, D & Williamson, J & Ashworth, A. (2011). The Breakthrough Generations Study: Design of a long-term UK cohort study to investigate breast cancer aetiology. British journal of cancer. 105. 911-7. 10.1038/bjc.2011.337.
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 112,049
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Participants with a broad geographic and socioeconomic distribution, aged 16-102 years(reiterated for up to 28 generations).
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Availability of access information
On the study website : https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland