Roche Announces Mapping of Stroke Gene

March 29, 2000 Roche announced today that scientists at deCODE genetics, based in Reykjavik, Iceland, have reached an important milestone in their collaborative research on the genetics of common forms of stroke by successfully mapping a gene that contributes to the...

deCODE GENETICS OF ICELAND MAPS A GENE LINKED TO PRE-ECLAMPSIA

Reykjavik, September 19th, 1999 — deCODE genetics, Inc. announced today that they have identified a locus on chromosome 2p13 that contains a gene that is linked to pre-eclampsia in women — a condition that is indicated in an estimated three to seven percent of...