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Focal Point on Biological Resources in South Korea
Prompted by challenges experienced during the pandemic and their ratification of the Nagoya protocol, South Korea has developed a plan for the management and utlization of biological resources. The first step in this plan was the rearrangement of 274 previously separate bioresource banks into 14 themed clusters. This rigorous bioinfrastructure, combined with the nation's investment in biomedical data will help make South Korea a destination of choice for preclinical research and biomedical R&D.