Angeles Nestly Anne C, Catap Elena S
Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute, Taguig, Philippines.
Biopreserv Biobank. 2023 Feb;21(1):5-13. doi: 10.1089/bio.2021.0127. Epub 2022 Feb 7.
Biodiversity biobanks or biodiversity biorepositories tend to receive less attention compared with their biomedical counterparts. In this review, we highlight the necessity for these biorepositories by presenting their significant role in health, biodiversity, linking of big data, other translational research, and biodiversity conservation efforts. Moreover, the significant challenges in developing and maintaining biodiversity biobanks based on successful biobanks in some megadiverse developing countries are examined to provide insights into what needs to be done and what can be improved by up-and-coming biodiversity biobanks. These challenges include lack of financial support and political will; availability of experts; development of standard policies; and information management system. In addition, issues regarding access and benefit sharing and Digital Sequence Information must be addressed by biodiversity biobanks.
与生物医学样本库相比，生物多样性样本库或生物多样性资源库往往较少受到关注。在本综述中，我们通过阐述这些资源库在健康、生物多样性、大数据关联、其他转化研究以及生物多样性保护工作中的重要作用，强调了它们的必要性。此外，我们还研究了一些生物多样性大国在基于成功的样本库发展和维护生物多样性样本库时所面临的重大挑战，以便深入了解未来的生物多样性样本库需要做些什么以及可以改进哪些方面。这些挑战包括缺乏资金支持和政治意愿、专家的可获得性、标准政策的制定以及信息管理系统。此外，生物多样性样本库还必须解决获取与惠益分享以及数字序列信息方面的问题。
