Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize to Genetics Pioneer

Oct 23, 2024 | NEWS

Grant and Award Announcement Lund University Kári Stefánsson, professor at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded one of the Nordic region’s most prestigious medical awards –Eric K. Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize. His work has...

Sequence variants that affect IgG subclass levels

Sep 26, 2024 | NEWS

Kari Stefansson CEO of decode genetics and senior author on the paper with Thorunn A. Olafsdottir first author on the paper. Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, and collaborators have published a study in Nature Communications reporting sequence...

Three common variants increase the risk of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Sep 4, 2024 | NEWS

A new study, was published today in Jama Cardiology, by scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen and collaborators in Denmark and the USA, on the genetics of accessory conduction pathways in the heart (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome). The study reveals that accessory...

Discovery of a rare genotype causing primary ovarian insufficiency 

Aug 27, 2024 | NEWS

Scientists at deCODE genetics and collaborators, have identified a sequence variant in the CCDC201 gene that when inherited from both parents homozygous causes menopause on average nine years earlier.  Kari Stefansson, Patrick Sulem and Asmundur Oddsson authors...

Rare sequence variants, that are associated with a high risk of Parkinson‘s Disease

Aug 15, 2024 | NEWS

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of AMGEN, have discovered rare sequence variants, predicted to cause a loss of function of ITSN1, that are associated with a high risk of Parkinson‘s Disease. The findings also support less studied pathways involved in the...

Variants in the genome affect DNA methylation

Jul 24, 2024 | deCODE genetics, NEWS

A new study by scientists at deCODE Genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, shows that sequence variants drive the correlation between DNA methylation and gene expression. The same variants are linked to various diseases as well as other human traits. Kari Stefansson, senior...