Found in Translation: deCODE Maps Asian Breast Cancer Risk Factor in Women of African and European Descent
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,...
ARUP Laboratories Ink Partnership To Offer deCODE ProstateCancer™ Test
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...
deCODE Discovers Genetic Risk Factor Linking Susceptibility to Four Major Vascular Diseases
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...
Smoking: New Genetic Factors Behind Nicotine Dependence and Lung Cancer
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...
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Award by the American Society of Human Genetics
At its Annual meeting in October 2017 in Orlando, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), presented Dr. Kári Stefánsson, founder and CEO of deCODE genetics, with the William Allan Award. The award, the top prize given by the society, recognizes a scientist for substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics. The ASHG has distributed video footage from the award ceremony. The introduction is given by Professor Mark Daly of Harvard University.