Talk:deCODE genetics

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I work in genomics and I have the impression this article was written by someone who works for deCODE. It sounds too hyped up. Things in the header of the article e.g. "discoveries have been used directly in the discovery and development of novel drugs" are not supported by examples in the text. deCODE has sequenced a lot of people, certainly, but - as usual with sequencing - I am unaware of anything concrete apart from BRCA testing that came out of this. I am not aware of a single drug that came out of it. It takes a very long time to develop new drugs.

Not one word about the scandal involving Icelanders and their gene samples being taken without permission at the beginning of that study around six years ago?! Come on... That was big news, and the Icelanders *I* know are *still ticked off about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.123.154.138 (talk • contribs)

I am very skeptical of the latest news from deCode that makes James D. Watson out to be 16% black. Given his age, and social taboos in the era in which his immediate forebears lived, it seems very implausible, for example, that one of his grandmothers or great-grandmothers could have given birth to a black child. If it had been shown that a black person was 16% white, it would be more credible, since white males probably took advantage of black females from time to time in those days. Anyway, Watson's mother is from Scotland, and his father was of Midland English extraction. It is not incredible. though, that somebody would try to whip a dead horse by blackening Watson's name. deCode is in financial hot water and has a history of scandal? That could explain it. Thomas Keyes —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas Keyes (talk • contribs)

Aside from the incredibly poor choice of verb there, what's so horrible about the idea of somebody having a non-white ancestor? This is the 21st Century of the Fruitbat, after all! --Orange Mike | Talk 14:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the issue is that James Watson having made comments regarding race and intelligence then claims, based on dubious genetic evidence that he has black ancestry, need to be evaluated carefully in light of the pleasure that politically correct minded individuals would get from such. I think the section about sueing a former employee and CHOP should be taken out. The matter was settled long ago and was more about Decode trying to harrass former employers in order to discourage others from working for firms they saw as a competitor than any genuine issue of misconduct or a serious threat to Decode's (complete lack of) profibility. Cf http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId=60057 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.60.68.45 (talk) 13:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any further information on deCODE? I heard mention of some larger entity purchasing them or their database... No updates?

Signed contract with Celera early 2009, reads like Celera utilise deCODE's db and dC get royalties of some form

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I note that a lot of DeCODE's work has been controversial, but this isn't currently covered in this entry. Meanwhile, some content critical of the company has been removed by User:Thordurkristjans. Those edits might be useful fact-checking, but I've noticed that the same user has removed well referenced, critical content in Íslendingabók (genealogical database), so I'm a bit worried that there might be a case of Wikipedia:Conflict of interest here. Just thought I'd post here to see if ThordurKristjans or other editors want to respond before trying to improve coverage of DeCODE's controversies. Alarichall (talk) 09:46, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. I see that DecodeME and deCODEme have the same name, but not sure how to fix. More detail in the talk page of the other article: Talk:DecodeME The Quirky Kitty (talk) 00:36, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect DeCODEme has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 15 § DeCODEme until a consensus is reached. The Quirky Kitty (talk) 09:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]