Twin study reveals epigenetic alterations of psychiatric disorders

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

In the first study to systematically investigate genome-wide epigenetic differences in a large number of psychosis discordant twin-pairs, new research provides further evidence that epigenetic processes play an important role in neuropsychiatric disease. The findings may offer potential new avenues for treatment.

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