Scientists depicted the four-dimensional genome model to reveal how DNA folding regulates genes. The discovery helps ...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming medicine’s most powerful microscope, revealing patterns in human DNA that were ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iceland's Decode Genetics Inc, a pioneer in genetic research, has filed for bankruptcy protection, weighed down by debts after 13 years of failing to make a profit. Shares in ...
Sequencing the genome is one thing, but applying the data produced from that process to clinical care is a whole other thing. A new startup called NextCODE Health has launched with $15 million and a ...
Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, have been focusing on actionable genotypes detected in the Icelandic population. Recently, the researchers found that approximately 1 in 25 ...
Two men will lead deCODE genetics ehf -- Earl "Duke" Collier, past executive vice president at Genzyme and former deCODE board member, will serve as CEO, and deCODE's founder, Karl Stefansson, shifts ...
Scientists at deCODE genetics and academic colleagues from Iceland, The Netherlands, Denmark, USA and Illumina, Inc., report the discovery of Single-Letter Variants (SNPs) in the sequence of the human ...
Long after his death, Hans Jonathan is something of a celebrity in Iceland, where he is thought to have been the first black person. But in Denmark, his extraordinary story is widely ignored. By ...
Migraine sufferers know two things very well: the attacks are awful (sometimes disabling) and difficult to treat. Migraine is among the most common chronic pain disorders worldwide, with up to 20% of ...
White oaks are among the target species for the UT Tree Improvement Program, which has been working for decades to improve tree genetics. Scott Schlarbaum, UTIA distinguished professor of forestry, ...
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree ...