Gene mutations reveal schizophrenia's complexity

sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (www.newscientist.com)

The three largest genetic schizophrenia studies to date have uncovered several ways in which changes to the genome may increase the risk of developing the condition.

The studies bring to light several common variations that increase the risk slightly, and rarer ones that raise it significantly, researchers say.

Keywords: genetics schizophrenia