News tagged with schizophrenia gene
Understanding schizophrenia: Researchers uncover new underlying mechanism
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way of thinking about the fundamental pathobiology of schizophrenia could one day lead to improved therapeutic approaches to treating this disorder. Researchers at the University of Toronto, the Hospital ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Rare gene glitch may hold clues for schizophrenia
Scientists are eyeing a rare genetic glitch for clues to improved treatments for some people with schizophrenia -- even though they found the mutation in only one third of 1 percent of patients.
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Discovery of new gene mutation in schizophrenia offers target for drug therapies
In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and involving Trinity College Dublin researchers has identified a gene mutation ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Genes of the immune system are associated with increased risk of mental illness
Genes linked to the immune system can affect healthy people's personality traits as well as the risk of developing mental illness and suicidal behaviour, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Schizophrenia gene mutation found; target for new drugs
In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists, led by Jonathan Sebat, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California, San Diego ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Autism and schizophrenia: Scientists measure gene mutation rate
An international study led by University of Montreal scientists suggests family history may not be a good predictor of the presence of mutations predisposing to autism or schizophrenia.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Large risk schizophrenia marker revealed
A group of scientists has identified a genetic variant that substantially increases the risk for developing schizophrenia in Ashkenazi Jewish and other populations. The study, published by Cell Press on August 5th in the ...
Aug 05, 2010 |
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Genes found for schizophrenia are involved in brain signaling
By analyzing the genomes of patients with schizophrenia, genetics researchers have discovered numerous copy number variations—deletions or duplications of DNA sequences—that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. ...
May 10, 2010 |
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Scientists find gene linked to schizophrenia
An international study led by Université de Montréal scientists suggests that gene mutations may predispose some individuals to schizophrenia and provides new clues about the causes of this ambiguous disorder. ...
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Scientists identify age-associated defects in schizophrenia
The underlying causes of the debilitating psychiatric disorder schizophrenia remain poorly understood. In a new study published online in Genome Research March 2, 2010, however, scientists report that a powerful gene networ ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Why symptoms of schizophrenia emerge in young adulthood
In reports of two new studies, researchers led by Johns Hopkins say they have identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may explain the onset of schizophrenia and the reason symptoms don't ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Some morbidly obese people are missing genes
A small but significant proportion of morbidly obese people are missing a section of their DNA, according to research published today in Nature. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and ten other Europe ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Gene linked to schizophrenia may reduce cancer risk
People who inherit a specific form of a gene that puts them on a road to schizophrenia may be protected against some forms of cancer, according to a new study by scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Before or after birth, gene linked to mental health has different effects
Scientists have long eyed mutations in a gene known as DISC1 as a possible contributor to schizophrenia and mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. Now, new research led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Schizophrenia gene's role may be broader, more potent, than thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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