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New Study Links Schizophrenia and Genetic Mutations

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People with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses are significantly over-represented in jail and prison populations and among those on death row. Yesterday, I reported on developments in Scott Panetti's case, a severely mentally ill schizophrenic on Texas death row. New research is changing fundamental views on the screening and potential future treatments for the disorder. "Rare Structural Variants Disrupt Multiple Genes in Neurodevelopmental Pathways in Schizophrenia," is the title of an article in the current issue of the journal Science. It was written by a team a researchers led by Tom Walsh of the University of Washington. The article abstract is here. Science Now has, "Rare Mutations Hint at Multiple Schizophrenias...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 28, 2008 (boomark / email).

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