Researchers have helped identify more than 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia, a debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects approximately one out of every 100 people worldwide, is characterized by hallucinations, paranoia, and a breakdown of thought processes, and often emerges in the teens and early 20s.http://bit.ly/1rxMIKH
Researchers shed new light on schizophrenia
International team's work may lead to innovations in treatment that has seen little change in 60 years
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“Because of the genetic complexity of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, we need a large sample size to conduct this type of research," said Steve E. Hyman, director of the Broad’s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. Students Lydia Emerson (from left), Ellen Vieux, and Tim Blosser were among those who assisted in the Stanley Center lab this summer.
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