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The Crazy Gene

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The Crazy Gene
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The Crazy Gene
January 28, 2016 at 1:18 pm
Looks like they have identified the chromosome and gene related to schizophrenia.

http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-rele...onstructed
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RE: The Crazy Gene
January 28, 2016 at 1:27 pm
Sounds promising but it still leaves a big blank in explaining how this leads to schizophrenia. I'm also not sure how they can ethically test treatments designed to curb this pruning in people potentially at risk. How could you ever demonstrate that such treatments are safe?
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January 28, 2016 at 2:37 pm
I agree. That's for smarter people than me to work out. Develop animal genetic strains that have the C4A gene over expression would be a starting point. Determine how to verify schizophrenia in the animal model. Then work out a method of suppression/modulation/replacement. Then isolate that suppression/modulation only to the brain. I guess replacement could be with in the entire body. Then...............................

Don't think we'll see a significant advance in my lifetime.
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