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Oh this looks pretty bad.  I knew the economic situation was bad at deCODE but I thought it was improving.

I refuse to think that deCODE just closes down.  If you follow the link above you will find a press release from Kari Stefansson saying that they want to focus on diagnostics (personal genetics, probably).  I'm not sure how realistic that is, though.  I have no idea how well deCODEme is running.

If all else fails they could probably keep running as a private research institution if they can pull in the grants.

If they do close down it would be such a pity.  They have been insanely productive in genetics research and probably have much much more to offer.

Plus, I just submitted a grant proposal together with deCODE, so on a personal level I want them to survive as well ;)

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