Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland have discovered rare, protective loss-of-function variants that point to potential drug targets for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Kari Stefansson CEO of deCODE genetics and senior author on the paper and Gardar...

CRTAC1 is a promising biomarker of osteoarthritis

CRTAC1 in plasma is a specific biomarker of osteoarthritis, a measure of OA risk, and a predictor of progression to joint replacements. The lack of a biomarker of osteoarthritis (OA) has hindered the development of effective therapies for this common disease. Kari...

First report from the world’s most ambitious sequencing project

Reykjavík, Iceland, July 20, 2022 – Scientists at deCODE genetics a subsidiary of Amgen together with collaborators from Denmark report on the whole genome sequences of 150 thousand participants in the UK biobank in a paper published in the journal Nature today. This...