China opens its first national gene bank
China has opened its first national gene bank in the southern city of Shenzhen. The bank’s mission is to protect, study and utilize good genetic resources.
It consists of a genetic information database, a living animals and plants bank and biological sample library, as well as a gene editing platform. The center aims to collect 300 million genetic samples when all phases are complete.
The site includes a cancer database with three thousand samples, information on 50,000 genome mutations and a database on birth defects. China’s gene bank is the fourth of its kind in the world after the US, UK and Japan.
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