DECODE ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP UPDATES 

May 2, 2025 | deCODE genetics, NEWS

Kari Stefánsson, M.D., Dr. Med., Tenure Ends; Two Distinguished Genetic Researchers in Iceland Appointed Co-Managing Directors  deCODE genetics today announced leadership changes. The tenure of Kari Stefánsson, M.D., Dr. Med., founder and chief executive officer of...

When Memory Wanes

Sep 25, 2018 | NEWS

The Making of a Human Population Uncovered Through Ancient Icelandic Genomes

May 31, 2018 | NEWS

In a study published today, scientists at deCODE Genetics report new findings about the founding of the Icelandic population, and its subsequent evolution, based on ancient DNA. The study appears today in the online edition of Science. Iceland was settled around 1100...

The Nature of Nurture – deCODE Study Highlights the Important Role of Genes in Nurture

Jan 25, 2018 | NEWS

In a study published tomorrow, researchers at deCODE genetics demonstrate that parental genes, both those that are transmitted to the child and those not transmitted, can affect the child’s fate through their impact on the parents and the kind of nurturing they...

deCODE Study Reveals an Ancient Achilles Heel in the Human Genome

Sep 20, 2017 | NEWS

The generation of new mutations is a key driver of evolution but also of susceptibility to rare diseases Fathers pass on four times as many new mutations as mothers do, but the maternal contribution is particularly strong in 10% of the genome that is prone to...