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Bio-IT World
September 2005
Mark D. Uehling |
Kings of Genes and Data The speed by which things move at Iceland's deCODE supports the company's claim that it is not only reconnecting the bifurcated worlds of drug discovery and clinical research - it is also internally cross-pollinating ideas between those two realms.   |
CIO
July 15, 2001
Stephanie Overby |
Iceland's Dilemma: Privacy vs. Progress A small Icelandic startup has been granted a 12-year license to create and manage a database of the entire nation's medical and genetic records. Can it make medical history without violating patient privacy? |
Bio-IT World
January 13, 2003
Kari Stefansson |
The Icelandic Man Cometh The founder of deCODE Genetics on Viking DNA, privacy, disease, and aging. |
Chemistry World
July 2010
Anna Lewcock |
Medicine made to measure Healthcare tailored to suit the genetic makeup of the patient is finally coming to fruition. |
CIO
April 1, 2003
Pat McCaffrey |
Iceland's Database Tussle Biotechnology company DeCode Genetics wants to establish and commercialize a database of the personal medical records of all the citizens of Iceland. But delays in obtaining government approval, opposition from doctors and financial struggles at DeCode are raising doubts about the project's viability |
Bio-IT World
October 9, 2002
Malorye Branca |
The Path to Personalized Medicine The tactics have changed, sometimes dramatically, but hints of the promise of pharmacogenomics are finally starting to trickle in from studies of asthma, cancer, and drug response. |
Bio-IT World
May 2006
Kevin Davies |
Decoding the Genetics of Common Disease Icelandic biopharma deCODE Genetics' Kari Stefansson says his company's search for genes underlying common diseases is not only pushing promising new drug candidates into the clinic but also revealing new insights into the very basis of common disease. |
Bio-IT World
February 18, 2004 |
The Quest for Complex Genes Genetic sleuths are homing in on genes for complex diseases with the help of new, and some not so new, tools and strategies. |
Managed Care
November 2006
Maureen Glabman |
Genetic Testing: Major Opportunity, Major Problems Whether a person is likely to develop diabetes, cancer, schizophrenia, or stroke will be reasonably well predicted, and tests can also determine whether a patient will respond to a given therapy. That's the good part. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
Powerful Opportunities For Good and Greed Genetic advances could spawn incredible improvements in health care. Given public demand, they also pose what may be unmanageable issues of resource use... |
Bio-IT World
September 9, 2002
Kevin Davies |
The Debate Over Race Relations Are self-identified labels of race useful in large-scale population genetic studies? A provocative commentary from a leading Stanford University geneticist has fuelled controversy. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Is It Time to Make Money Investing in Genetic Testing? Easier said than done. |
Wired
August 21, 2007
Joshua Davis |
Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe How Estonia dealt with a botnet strike that targeted almost every digital front all at once. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
deCODE This deCODE genetics' auditor's resignation provides a buying opportunity for those who buy story stocks. |
Reason
May 2008
Matt Welch |
Soundbite: Can You Hear the People Sing? The Singing Revolution, a 90-minute documentary about Estonia's use of nationalist folk songs to defy Moscow, became the highest-grossing documentary in Estonian history and has drawn rave reviews upon its limited release in the United States. |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Estonian Chemical Industry at a Competitive Disadvantage The chemical industry in Estonia will struggle to be competitive under the EU's Reach directive. |
National Defense
October 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Cyber Attacks in Estonia Serve as Wake-Up Call The attacks compromised both public and private websites and sent a wave of panic through a country that is known for being especially "wired." |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Genetic Testing Every day the prospect of individualized genetic testing is slowly becoming commonplace, and certain questions about genetic testing are apparent: What kinds of tests are available? Where can I get them? How accurate are they? And what are the costs? |
