Amgen subsidiary deCODE Genetics has identified new risk factors and genes associated with clonal hematopoiesis, a precursor state to blood cancer. In the results of a study published Nov. 6 in Nature ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Icelandic biotechnology company DeCode Genetics Incorporated said they found a gene that can double the risk of type 2 diabetes, a disease that affects at least 171 million people ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark, and the USA published a study today in Nature ...

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 ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people’s genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human genetics research and analytics ...

When people are told about risk genes in their DNA, that information is only useful if something can be done to mitigate that risk or therapies have been developed for the disorder; these are known as ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, have published a study in Nature Communications, comparing over 110 thousand patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) from Iceland, Finland ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Norway have confirmed that an ancient set of human remains known as the Well Man were intended to make the locals unwell. By Franz Lidz Long after his death, Hans Jonathan is ...