deCODE Discovers Major Genetic Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes

January 15, 2006 In a scientific paper published today a team of scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) and colleagues report the discovery of a variant in a gene on chromosome 10 that represents the most significant genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes...

deCODE Launches Phase II Clinical Trial in Asthma

Reykjavik, ICELAND, May 18, 2005 – deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) today announced that it has begun dosing of patients in a Phase II clinical trial in asthma. deCODE has isolated a gene which plays an important role in the development of asthma. The gene encodes a...