Two unique studies indentify three genetic regions associated with schizophrenia
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
(Medical Xpress) -- Two new independent research groups looking to find the genetic roots of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have found evidence of variations in regions of the human genome that appear to be associated with either or both neurological disorders. In the first study, a Chinese group led by Wei Huang, found variations in chromosome region 11 -- 11p11.2. The second group, led by Lin He and Yongyong Shi and comprised of an international team of researchers from both Asian and Western countries, found variations in two chromosome regions 8p12 and 1q24.2. Both teams have published their results in Nature Genetics.