COLD GENES

LEMONICK (2006) TIME/ 2/20/50-51

One of the most homogenous countries in the world is Iceland. Few immigrants are brave enough to move there. There are about 200,000 people in the country and in many biological ways, they are all alike. Further, Iceland is known for keeping excellent records on births and reasons for death. Medical records are also attached. So that means that they can track down the genes of individual that has a stroke and or schizophrenia.

Thus, it is a gold mine to discover biological predispositions to these and numerous other diseases.

It is a rare find and should help numerous medical projects. Major big pharmas are there now doing research on paid recipients who will give time and biochemical data. Look for this country to really help the medical questions that arise in predicting and medicating numerous major maladies of the world.