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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.

National Biobank of Korea: The center of innovation
in the biohealth industry BIOBANK

16 years after the launch of the Korea Biobank Project,
a new step forward to the next-generation biobank!

Introduction to Biobank distribution

Central Bank Status at a Glance

NATIONAL BIOBANK OF KOREA

Current Status of National Biobank of Korea

Status

Collection

Distribution

Utilization

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

KNUH Biobank Array

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives