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Think Gene: Researchers pinpoint gene mutations responsible for 10 percent of schizophrenia

Andrew Yates · 1 year ago

For such a heritable (40%) and research-targeted (NIMH $5MM pledged) disease , it's surprising that so little in the genome is known about schizophrenia. Here's a paper a month ago which suggests rare-variant "microdeletions and microduplications": Rare Structural Variants Disrupt Multiple Genes in Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Schizophrenia