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Icelandic genetics

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To the editor:

A recent commentary on the health sector database in Iceland described some of the sovereignty and business aspects of this issue (Nature Biotechnology 17, 407, 1999). During the past few weeks there have been significant developments that may effectively prevent the construction and operation of the database that deCODE Genetics has championed.

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  2. Department of Psychiatry National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

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Andersen, B., Zoega, T. Icelandic genetics. Nat Biotechnol 17, 517 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/9777

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