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Establishment of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization-Disaster restoration by launching an advanced medical system based on biobank construction-

On February 1, 2012, Tohoku University launched the Tohoku Medical Megabank, an organization that constructs advanced medical systems for disaster restoration. Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization will create a biobank in which medical and genome information are integrated, while reconstructing community medical services and supporting healthcare in the disaster-affected areas. In addition, through creating new medical systems based on a huge amount of information collected in the biobank and various omics analyses, we hope to increase the centripetal force of Tohoku areas for medical staff, to promote industry-academic collaboration, to contribute to job creation in related fields, and to restore medical services in the affected areas.

[Public Relations]
Fuji Nagami,
Associate Professor
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization
Public Relations Office of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Tel: +81-22-717-7908
Fax: +81-22-717-7923
E-mail: f-nagami*med.tohoku.ac.jp (Replace * with @)