The DeCode diabetes gene may be responsible for about 21% of all type 2 cases in America, Mr. Stefansson said. DeCode uses DNA analysis from the Icelandic population to discover disease causing genes.

DeCode, a genomic research shop that filed for bankruptcy in 2009 before bouncing back, identified the variant by sifting through the repository of data it generated by sequencing people in its ...

News about deCODE Genetics, Incorporated, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.