Double Vision: Study of U.K. Twins Provides New Insight Into Human Wellbeing.

IF 0.3 4区医学 Q4 ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL

IEEE Pulse Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1109/MPULS.2023.3243314

Jim Banks

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Abstract

Back in 1992, when Prof. Tim Spector of King's College London set up a study to investigate the incidence of osteoporosis and other rheumatologic diseases in monozygotic (identical) twins, little did he know how much the project would expand its horizons. From a few hundred identical twins, the cohort has grown to more than 15,000 identical and nonidentical twins across the U.K., aged between 18 and 100, and a host of diseases and conditions are under the microscope (Figure 1). Now, TwinsUK has one of the most deeply characterized adult twin cohorts anywhere in the world, providing vast quantities of data for longitudinal studies of health and aging.

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双重愿景：英国双胞胎研究为人类健康提供了新的视角。

早在1992年，当伦敦国王学院的Tim Spector教授开展了一项研究，调查单卵（同卵）双胞胎骨质疏松症和其他风湿病的发病率时，他几乎不知道这个项目会在多大程度上拓展视野。从几百对同卵双胞胎，英国的同卵和非同卵双胞胎已经发展到15000多对，年龄在18岁到100岁之间，许多疾病和病症都在显微镜下观察（图1）。现在，TwinsUK拥有世界上特征最深刻的成年双胞胎队列之一，为健康和衰老的纵向研究提供了大量数据。

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