UNIQUE EXPERTISE
Headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, deCODE is a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome. Using our unique expertise and population resources, deCODE has discovered key genetic risk factors for dozens of common diseases ranging from cardiovascular disease to cancer.
UNIQUE CAPABILITIES
We operate the most productive human gene discovery engine in the world, employing our discoveries to identify genetic variations associated with human disease.
OUR PUBLICATIONS
We regularly publish our discoveries in major, peer-reviewed journals, enabling others to further validate and expand upon our findings.
NEWS
deCODE Discovers Second Major Prostate Cancer Risk Variant on Chromosome 8q24
First publication of genome-wide association study leveraging deCODE’s population approach; Finding to be integrated into deCODE’s DNA-based diagnostics program A team of deCODE scientists, along with academic colleagues from the United States, Iceland, Spain and the...
deCODE Initiates Phase I Clinical Program for DG051 for the Prevention of Heart Attack
deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) today announced that it has begun enrolling patients in its Phase I clinical development program for DG051, the company’s follow-on developmental compound for the prevention of heart attack. The ascending-dose, double-blind, randomized,...
Award by the American Society of Human Genetics
At its Annual meeting in October 2017 in Orlando, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), presented Dr. Kári Stefánsson, founder and CEO of deCODE genetics, with the William Allan Award. The award, the top prize given by the society, recognizes a scientist for substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics. The ASHG has distributed video footage from the award ceremony. The introduction is given by Professor Mark Daly of Harvard University.