Jan 24, 2019 | NEWS
A whole genome sequence-based portrait of how the two basic mechanisms generating human diversity work Elucidates how women and men contribute differently to diversity; how the genome promotes and regulates diversity; and the link between the generation of diversity...
Jan 18, 2019 | NEWS
Scientists at deCODE genetics have found a variant that protects against nasal polyps and chronic rhinosinusitis. The study was published on the 14th of January in the online edition of Nature genetics. Nasal polyps are non-malignant, typically bilateral growths on...
Sep 25, 2018 | NEWS
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...
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...
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...
