Iceland: Genomics and Population Health - April 13, 2015

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Iceland: Genomics and Population Health - April 13, 2015

Genomes of Icelanders
The largest-ever set of human genomes from a single population and the consequent insights into mutation, evolution, gene function and disease predisposition, Nature Genetics March, 2015

Largest set of human genomes from a single population is sequenced, BMJ Research News, Mar 26

Iceland lays bare its genomes - Population-wide study points to genetic link to Alzheimer's liver disease, Science News, Mar 26

Decode-led team sequences thousands of Icelandic genomes, GenomeWeb, Mar 25 [by free subscription only]

Why Iceland is the World's greatest genetic laboratory, by Katie M. Palmer, Wired, Mar 25

Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of the Icelandic population.
Gudbjartsson DF et al. Nat. Genet. 2015 Mar 25.

Loss-of-function variants in ABCA7 confer risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Steinberg S et al. Nat. Genet. 2015 Mar 25.

Identification of a large set of rare complete human knockouts.
Sulem P et al. Nat. Genet. 2015 Mar 25.

State of the nation: decoding the Icelandic genome, Genomics Education Programme, Apr 2

Sequencing the nation: Iceland?s genomic profile, by C. Warren-Gash, PHG Foundation, Apr 9