Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks
Many biobanks were established as biorepositories for biomedical research, and a number of biobanks were founded in the 1990s. The main aim of the biobank is to store and to maintain biomaterials for studying chronic disease, identifying risk factors of specific diseases, and applying personalized d...
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| author | Byunghak Kang Jaesun Park Sangyun Cho Meehee Lee Namhee Kim Haesook Min Sooyoun Lee Ok Park Bokghee Han |
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| description | Many biobanks were established as biorepositories for biomedical research, and a number of biobanks were founded in the 1990s. The main aim of the biobank is to store and to maintain biomaterials for studying chronic disease, identifying risk factors of specific diseases, and applying personalized drug therapies. This report provides a review of biobanks, including Korean biobanks and an analysis of sample volumes, regulations, policies, and ethical issues of the biobank. Until now, the top 6 countries according to the number of large-scale biobanks are the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, and there is one major National Biobank of Korea (NBK) and 17 regional biobanks in Korea. Many countries have regulations and guidelines for the biobanks, and the importance of good management of biobanks is increasing. Meanwhile, according to a first survey of 456 biobank managers in the United States, biobankers are concerned with the underuse of the samples in their repositories, which need to be advertised for researchers. Korea Biobank Network (KBN) project phase II (2013-2015) was also planned for the promotion to use biospecimens in the KBN. The KBN is continuously introducing for researchers to use biospecimens in the biobank. An accreditation process can also be introduced for biobanks to harmonize collections and encourage use of biospecimens in the biobanks. KBN is preparing an on-line application system for the distribution of biospecimens and a biobank accreditation program and is trying to harmonize the biobanks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e60f179b02343279184ffccffde4ebe2025-02-02T11:18:38ZengBioMed CentralGenomics & Informatics1598-866X2234-07422013-12-0111421121710.5808/GI.2013.11.4.21162Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of BiobanksByunghak Kang0Jaesun Park1Sangyun Cho2Meehee Lee3Namhee Kim4Haesook Min5Sooyoun Lee6Ok Park7Bokghee Han8Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Biobank for Health Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Division of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Center for Genome Science, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.Many biobanks were established as biorepositories for biomedical research, and a number of biobanks were founded in the 1990s. The main aim of the biobank is to store and to maintain biomaterials for studying chronic disease, identifying risk factors of specific diseases, and applying personalized drug therapies. This report provides a review of biobanks, including Korean biobanks and an analysis of sample volumes, regulations, policies, and ethical issues of the biobank. Until now, the top 6 countries according to the number of large-scale biobanks are the United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, and there is one major National Biobank of Korea (NBK) and 17 regional biobanks in Korea. Many countries have regulations and guidelines for the biobanks, and the importance of good management of biobanks is increasing. Meanwhile, according to a first survey of 456 biobank managers in the United States, biobankers are concerned with the underuse of the samples in their repositories, which need to be advertised for researchers. Korea Biobank Network (KBN) project phase II (2013-2015) was also planned for the promotion to use biospecimens in the KBN. The KBN is continuously introducing for researchers to use biospecimens in the biobank. An accreditation process can also be introduced for biobanks to harmonize collections and encourage use of biospecimens in the biobanks. KBN is preparing an on-line application system for the distribution of biospecimens and a biobank accreditation program and is trying to harmonize the biobanks.http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-11-211.pdfbiobankbioethicsbiospecimenssafety |
| spellingShingle | Byunghak Kang Jaesun Park Sangyun Cho Meehee Lee Namhee Kim Haesook Min Sooyoun Lee Ok Park Bokghee Han Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks Genomics & Informatics biobank bioethics biospecimens safety |
| title | Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks |
| title_full | Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks |
| title_fullStr | Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks |
| title_short | Current Status, Challenges, Policies, and Bioethics of Biobanks |
| title_sort | current status challenges policies and bioethics of biobanks |
| topic | biobank bioethics biospecimens safety |
| url | http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-11-211.pdf |
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