{"id":1010,"date":"2002-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sltr.local\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2023-09-17T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T16:52:55","slug":"sri-lankan-twin-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/publication\/sri-lankan-twin-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Twin Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"publication-container\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-241d83f6 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8024b029\">\n<p>Athula Sumathipala, Sisira Siribaddana, Nimali De Silva, Devaka Fernando, Nihal Abeysingha, Rohana Dayaratne, Deepthi De Silva, Narada Warnasuriya &amp; Mathew Hotopf<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"publish-date wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2002-10-01T00:00:00+00:00\">October 2002<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/papers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Papers<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/ta\/category\/publication\/\" rel=\"tag\">Publication<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Twin Research, Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 424-426<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>doi:<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1375\/twin.5.5.424\" target=\"_blank\">10.1375\/twin.5.5.424<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-33811260\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. Our twin registry is the first in the developing world. Initially, we established a volunteer cohort of 4600 twin pairs through a competition advertised in the media. In addition, we have volunteer cohorts, birth registration-based cohorts through hospitals, and community-based cohorts. There is also a nationwide population-based younger twin cohort (1992\u20131997) traced through the Department of Birth and Death Registration. Additionally, we have adapted a Zygosity determination questionnaire and validated it. Establishing ethical guidelines for twin research was a priority because the field of bio-ethics is at an early stage of development in Sri Lanka. These guidelines were from a developing world perspective. A sister organization, the Multiple Birth Foundation, was formed to cater to twins and their special needs and to represent their interests, and several branches have been formed. We intend to build capacity by establishing a genetic lab and through crosscultural collaboration. Our vision is to establish a multidisciplinary research foundation. Based on our research findings, we plan to build services to cater to needs of twins by working with professionals, statutory services and government policy makers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8b71c1c5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-68630121\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-5e518491\">\n<p>Website:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-87ee0c4a\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/twin-research-and-human-genetics\/article\/sri-lankan-twin-registry\/0A463A92B5DF1BCF8611E6E0EC51895F\">Sri Lankan Twin Registry | Twin Research and Human Genetics | Cambridge Core<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-0fcdaf73\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-aa1e510a\">\n<p>PDF:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8d389701\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sri-Lankan-Twin-Registry.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sri-Lankan-Twin-Registry.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. 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