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Rimu@piefed.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Single gene that can directly cause mental illnesses identified

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Single gene that can directly cause mental illnesses identified

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Rimu@piefed.social to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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There's now a single gene that can directly cause mental illnesses
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In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – something previously believed to be the result of several mutations working together. What's more, these conditions often present in childhood instead of more commonly during…
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    Gattica here we come.

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      deleted by creator

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        Gattaca here we come?

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      He have known about the singles nucleotide mutation causing sickle cell anemia for a long time and it hasn’t caused a world of eugenics (yet)

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        Just curious, what people suffer most from sickle cell?

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