"This is a program that is in the best interests of the next generation," says Y.T. Chen. By following a cross-sectional sample of subjects over a long period (20 or 30 years), one can examine both innate genetic composition and acquired, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors, and discover what leads to various diseases. This is the basic blueprint for Taiwan's biological database.
「這是一個為下一代著想的計劃，」陳垣崇指出，長期（約二、三十年）追蹤一群健康者，藉由貫穿一整個世代的研究，來瞭解其先天的基因組成與後天的生活環境中危險因子，找出致病原因，是台灣生物資料庫擘劃的基本藍圖。