The goal of Taiwan Biobank is to collect a large amount of genetic data about Taiwanese. "For epidemiology to be done scientifically, you need at least 200,000 people in order for the database to serve its intended function," says Y.T. Chen.
台灣生物資料庫的目標是收集大量台灣人的基因資料，「以流行病學的科學計算，至少要 20 萬人以上，才能發揮基因資料庫的效用。」