Jul 29, 2010 | NEWS
A SNP on chromosome 16 appears to confer risk by affecting how the renal system adapts to the impact of aging and the onset of other common diseases Reykjavik, ICELAND, 29 July 2010 – Scientists at deCODE genetics and colleagues at Radboud University in the...
Jul 23, 2010 | NEWS
Reykjavik, ICELAND, 23 July 2010 – In a paper published today in PLoS Genetics, a deCODE-led team demonstrates an effective approach for making genetic risk factors discovered on one continent fully relevant to people of various continental ancestries. The strategy,...
Jul 20, 2010 | NEWS
U.S. laboratories and physicians will be able to use their ARUP accounts to order deCODE’s test for assessing risk of prostate cancer Reykjavik, ICELAND, and Salt Lake City, UTAH,– July 20, 2010 – deCODE genetics and ARUP Laboratories today announced a partnership...
Jul 11, 2010 | NEWS
Points to novel pathway for drug discovery, will be incorporated into tests to improve screening and early detection of abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart attack and PAD Reykjavik, ICELAND, 11 July 2010 – Scientists at deCODE genetics and academic colleagues from the...
Apr 25, 2010 | NEWS
Reykjavik, ICELAND, April 25, 2010 – Cigarette smoking is a major cause of illness and death worldwide. But it is a complex behavior, and how much people smoke, how hard they find it to quit, and the impact of long-term smoking on health varies greatly among...
Mar 29, 2010 | NEWS
Reykjavik, ICELAND and Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS, March 29, 2010 – Sequence variants associated with cancer have to date fallen into two distinct categories. Variants in the ordinary, or “germline,” sequence of the genome that is passed between generations were linked...
