deCODE Study Links Gene Variant to Risk of Breast Cancer

June 20, 2006 A population-based study by a team of deCODE scientists and colleagues at Iceland’s National University Hospital published today provides a detailed look at the impact of a gene variant on risk of breast cancer. The variant is within a gene called BARD1...

deCODE Discovers Major Genetic Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer

May 7, 2006 Milestone in cancer genetics: a common genetic variant conferring significant risk of a common cancer in the general population Scientists at deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) along with academic colleagues in Iceland, the US and Sweden today report the...