A Review of Major Danish Biobanks: Advantages and Possibilities of Health Research in Denmark

Kristina Laugesen,1 Jonas Mengel-From,2,3 Kaare Christensen,2– 4 Jørn Olsen,1 David M Hougaard,5,6 Lasse Boding,7 Anja Olsen,8,9 Christian Erikstrup,10 Merete Lund Hetland,11,12 Estrid Høgdall,12,13 Alisa D Kjaergaard,14 Erik Sørensen,15 Anja Brügmann,16 Eva Rabing Brix Petersen,17 Ivan Brandslund,17,18 Børge G Nordestgaard,19 Gorm B Jensen,20 Nils Skajaa,1 Frederikke Schønfeldt Troelsen,1 Cecilia Hvitfeldt Fuglsang,1 Lise Skovgaard Svingel,1 Henrik T Sørensen1 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Biodemography, the Danish Twin Registry, and the Danish Aging Research Center, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 3Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 4Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 5iPSYCH, Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research, Aarhus, Denmark; 6Center for Neonatal Screening, Department for Congenital Disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; 7The Danish National Biobank, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; 8Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark; 9Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 10Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 11The DANBIO Registry and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark; 12Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark; 13Bio- and GenomeBank Denmark (RBGB), Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, Denmark; 14Steno Diabetes Center