Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Schizophrenia risk is increased with a particular gene mutation - ktla.com

Schizophrenia is a severe, complicated illness. There are no obvious explanations for what causes the condition, which causes hallucinations and delusions. Genes are known to play a big role. The condition is often clustered in families.

Scientists announced a significant step in understanding the genetics of the disease this week.

Schizophrenia may be tied to mutated genes and seems to be clustered in families.

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