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Jón Þór Bergþorsson

Researcher Next ID · RN-016990

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

University of Iceland

, Iceland

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Works count
54
Citation count
8,104
H-index
29
i10-index
41

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
BRCA gene mutations in cancer
Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
DNA Repair Mechanisms

Publications

  • A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

    Nature · 2008 · 10.1038/nature06846

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24

    Nature Genetics · 2007 · 10.1038/ng1999

  • Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer

    Nature Genetics · 2007 · 10.1038/ng2064

  • Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

    Nature Genetics · 2007 · 10.1038/ng2062

  • A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

    Nature Genetics · 2006 · 10.1038/ng1808

Current projects

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