Greetings from the director of the center

Greetings from the director of the center

The Clinical Bio-Resource Center was established in November 2017. Since 2013, we have collected clinical bio-resources (tissue and blood samples) from various cancer patients, linked them with clinical information, and developed a data-base to promote medical research as the Cancer Bio Bank project. We expanded this project to fields including healthy volunteers and not just patients with cancer and changed the name to the Clinical Bio-Resource Center.

Up to the present, the acceptance rate of bio-resources has been around 95% from patients and volunteers. In order to repay donors’ kindness, we must make the best use of these samples for the benefit of society.

Conventional biobanks have focused solely on collecting a large number of samples, and have had difficulty in utilizing them for research that can lead to the treatment and early detection of diseases. The most important factors for the utilization of biological specimens are the quality of the specimens themselves and the quality and quantity of clinical information linked with them.

We can obtain normal blood and biopsy specimens by ordering them via electronic medical records in regular medical practice. In addition, we log the temperature and conditions during the collection and preparation procedure, and the quality is verified by an international external organization. In addition to the open-collection style, we also support on-demand-type collection in response to the specific requirements.

In March 2018, we established KBBM Co., Ltd., a new joint company made up of seven companies endorsed by Kyoto University's general incorporated foundation (Clinical Bioresource Governance Holdings). KBBM aims to contribute to society by promoting the effective use of clinical bio-resources collected at the Center. Since the establishment of the company, we have received a variety of inquiries, and the diversity of needs has also been clarified.

Our center can generate bio-resources, resources that can be utilized, by fully providing patients with the infrastructure functions described thus far.

We will continue to promote and develop clinical research as much as possible. I would like to ask for your assistance in the future.

Kyoto University Hospital
　Director of the Clinical Bio-Resource Center
Assistant Hospital Director
Professor, Department of Therapeutic Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Manabu Muto