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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2010
Applicants:

Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Reykjavik, IS;

Gudmar Thorleifsson, Reykjavík, IS;

Daniel Gudbjartsson, Reykjavík, IS;

Gisli Masson, Reykjavik, IS;

Augustine Kong, Reykjavík, IS;

Inventors:

Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Reykjavik, IS;

Gudmar Thorleifsson, Reykjavík, IS;

Daniel Gudbjartsson, Reykjavík, IS;

Gisli Masson, Reykjavik, IS;

Augustine Kong, Reykjavík, IS;

Assignee:

deCODE Genetics ehf., Reykjavik, IS;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C40B 30/04 (2006.01); G06F 19/10 (2011.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention relates to variants that predispose to risk of type 2 diabetes, basal cell carcinoma and breast cancer. It has been discovered that certain genetic variants confer risk of these diseases when inherited from one parent, but not the other. The invention provides methods of disease management, including diagnostic methods, utilizing such parental origin effects.


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