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[Annual report] The 2022 Annual Report on the National Biobank of Korea

A reliable partner for Korea’s healthcare R&D

NATIONAL BIOBANK OF
KOREA
Korea Biobank Project (KBP) has been promoted by the National Biobank of Korea (NBK) of the National
Institute of Health of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency since 2008. It aims to collect
and manage human bioresources that would be highly utilized for future healthcare R&D, distribute the
bioresources to researchers in Korea, and resultantly contribute to facilitating healthcare research
and developing relevant industries.
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16 years after the launch of the Korea Biobank Project,
a new step forward to the next-generation biobank!

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Central Bank Status at a Glance

NATIONAL BIOBANK OF KOREA

Current Status of National Biobank of Korea

Status

  • Human biospecimens

    Participation by
    1.11million donors
    19.26million vials of resources collected
    • NBK
      450.000donors
      10.19million vials
    • Regional biobanks
      660.000donors
      9.06million vials

  • Public information

    Linked to epidemiological data
    480.000donors
    • Population-based
      25million donors
    • Disease-based
      23million donors
  • Research project
    4,562projects

    NBK 1,166 projects
    Regional biobanks 3,215 projects

  • Human biospecimens
    1.33million vials

    574,000 vials of DNA distributed,
    Accounting for 43% of the total

  • Datasets of cohort data
    2,990datasets

    1,708 datasets of epidemiological data
    1,282 datasets of genetic data

  • Distributed to schools/hospitals
    86% distribution

    6% to government institutions , 5% to industry
    3% to other research instituions

  • SCIE paper (1,570 articles)
    91%

  • SCIE Impact Factor

    • 59 articles

      4%

      Less than1

    • 565 articles

      36%

      1 to less than 3

    • 513 articles

      33%

      3 to less than 5

    • 332 articles

      21%

      5 to less than 10

    • 101 articles

      6%

      10 or more

  • Patent registrations (111cases)
    71%
  • NBK
    773 articles
  • Regional biobanks
    948 articles
  • Published※
    1,721 articles
  • NBK
    40 cases
  • Regional biobanks
    116 cases
  • Patent registrations & applications ※
    156 cases

※ The numbers given for the current status of human bioresources collection, distribution and utilization represent cumulative values as of 2022

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