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The Egypt Genome Project

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The recently launched Egyptian Genome Project aims to sequence genomic variants of 100,000 apparently healthy Egyptian adults, with around 8,000 individuals suspected to have a genetic disease, as well as 200 ancient Egyptian mummies. The project will provide the first comprehensive genomic dataset from Egypt and North Africa.

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Fig. 1: Structure of the Egypt Genome project and strategic vision for 2022-2027.

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  1. Egypt Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine (ECRRM), Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed A. Elmonem, Neveen A. Soliman, Ahmed Moustafa, Wael A. Hassan, Tarek Taha & Khaled Amer

  2. Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed A. Elmonem

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation (CPNT), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Neveen A. Soliman

  4. Departments of Biology and Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics Laboratory, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed Moustafa

  5. Department of Medical Molecular Genetics, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

    Yehia Z. Gad

  6. Ancient DNA laboratory, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, Egypt

    Yehia Z. Gad

  7. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt

    Gina El-Feky & Mahmoud Sakr

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