Because the region of chromosome 5p15 is of interest in cancer
biology, the deCODE team then
tested this SNP for association with 16 different types of cancer in a total of nearly 80,000 cancer patients and healthy control
subjects from Iceland, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Romania, Slovakia and the United States.
Along with the new standards was a graduation requirement for students, starting with the Class of 2017, to pass
subject - specific state
tests in Algebra I,
biology and literature called Keystone Exams to earn a diploma.