CARTaGENE biobank

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CARTaGENE is a population based cohort based on an ongoing and long-term health study of 40, 000 men and women in Québec. It is a regional cohort member of the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project. The project's core mandate is to identify the genetic and environmental causes of common chronic diseases affecting the Québec population. The overall objective from a public health perspective is to develop personalized medicine and public policy initiatives targeting high-risk groups. CARTaGENE is under the scientific direction of Sébastien Jacquemont, M.D., Ekaterini Kritikou, Ph.D. and Philippe Broët, M.D. Ph.D., of the Sainte-Justine Children's hospital University Health Center. Based in Montréal Québec, Canada, CARTaGENE is operated under the infrastructure of the Sainte-Justine Chil

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