Quote by Eric Weiner

We Icelanders are an excellent animal model for humans. This is exactly the way you find common disease genes.

— Kari Stefansson

“Icelanders are among the most inbred human beings on earth—geneticists often use them for research.”

— Michael Lewis

“Island populations often breed strange and interesting genomes. Because Iceland is so small, with a precisely known chronology of inhabitation to the present day,…

— Adam Rutherford

“That European diseases ran rampant in the New World is an old story, but recent discoveries in genetics, epidemiology, and archaeology have painted a…

— Douglas Preston

Now 10 percent of this population [in Iceland] of 330,000 people were born elsewhere - Polish, North Africans, Europeans, Americans - people are coming…

— Sjon

In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all.

— Hannes Holm

“There are a small number of debilitating conditions with a strong genetic basis, such as muscular dystrophy or Huntington’s disease. These are rare, affecting…

— Gabor Maté

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to…

— Bjork

“Maybe because there are so few Icelanders in the world, we know next to nothing about them. We assume they are more or less…

— Michael Lewis

The whole blame goes to the parents. They have lived as ambitious beings; they have destroyed themselves. Now they go on giving their heritage…

— Anonymous

All illnesses have some heredity contribution. It's been said that genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger.

— Francis Collins

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

— Tom Cochrane