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This research identified "a highly plausible common biological mechanism leading to two diseases. This offers a potentially attractive new pathway for drug discovery, and the next task is to build on our understanding of how this SNP increases the risk of these diseases and how this pathway could be targeted therapeutically to address this risk," Kari Stefansson, CEO of the bio-pharmaceutical company deCODE, said in a company news release.

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