Iceland

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A common biological basis of obesity and nicotine addiction. 
  • Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm. 
  • Haplotype analysis in Icelandic families defines a minimal interval for the macular corneal dystrophy type I gene. 
  • Linkage of a gene for macular corneal dystrophy to chromosome 16. 
  • Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Is Associated With Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease Independent of Severity. 
  • Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction. 
  • Simple risk model predicts incidence of atrial fibrillation in a racially and geographically diverse population: the CHARGE-AF consortium. 
  • Slow algae, fast fungi: exceptionally high nucleotide substitution rate differences between lichenized fungi Omphalina and their symbiotic green algae Coccomyxa. 
  • Variant ASGR1 Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Artery Disease.