FierceBiotech

DeCODE spinout raises $15M to bring gene sequencing into daily Dx

Backed by a $15 million Series A financing, NextCODE Health in Massachusetts is now officially open for business. The new Cambridge startup is built around crucial gene sequencing technology developed ...
FierceBiotech

DeCode, Genentech find gene mutation marks protection against Alzheimer's

With its collaborators Genentech, Icelandic company DeCode Genetics has found a rare gene variant that marks protection against both Alzheimer's disease and general cognitive decline. This discovery ...
Forbes

DeCode-ing Schizophrenia

Drug giant Roche and an Iceland-based biotech are teaming to make diagnostic tests. The announcement further cements the relationship between the biotech DeCode Genetics and Switzerland's Roche. In ...
Science Daily

Biologists pioneer first method to decode gene expression

Biologists have developed the first system for determining gene expression based on machine learning. Considered a type of genetic Rosetta Stone for biologists, the new method leverages algorithms ...
Forbes

DeCode Finds A Fat Gene

DeCode Genetics announced this morning that it had found a gene linked to obesity, prompting a milestone payment from its partner Merck . The tiny Icelandic genomics company's shares shot up 15% to $4 ...
Swissinfo

Roche and deCODE narrow gene hunt

The two companies also announced on Tuesday that they would now be concentrating their resources on just four diseases. Reykjavik-based deCODE is searching for disease-gene links by analysing ...
Foreign Policy

Decoder: Gene Therapy Breakthrough

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Los Angeles Times

Gene decoder sets his sights on cancer

Dr. Francis Collins is a gene hunter. Early in his career, he found the genes responsible for cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease, among others. Then he took over the Human Genome Project, which, ...
Medindia

Scientists Decode Function of Gene Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

Scientists identify the possible mechanism by which the APOE4 gene variant increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Brain cells of AD patients with APOE4 variant found to contain ...
EurekAlert!

Gene networks decode human brain architecture from health to glioma

SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA, 8 July 2025 – In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine, Dr. Michael C. Oldham shares his unconventional journey from advertising executive ...
Indiatimes

Scientists decode the deafness gene

Scientists claim to have discovered a gene responsible for deafness and hearing loss, paving way for new treatments for the syndrome. Usher syndrome is a genetic defect that causes deafness, ...