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Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia
physorg.com — Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral and neuronal deficits associated with schizophrenia and possibly other brain disorders.
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- brainclog, on 05/12/2008, -4/+1I used to check physorg.com all the time, but for the past few months it's dead for me. Anyone know why or having similar problems?
- goscript, on 05/12/2008, -3/+1they dig or digg?
- jwalske, on 05/12/2008, -1/+0I see what you did there.
- JMellissa, on 05/12/2008, -8/+2I'm Schizophrenic... and so am I!
- jameshighmore, on 05/12/2008, -0/+6Congratulations on making a joke about schizophrenia which has nothing to do with the actual disorder!
- FUR10N, on 05/12/2008, -4/+2maybe I'm the one... who is... a schizophrenic psycho
- CTK14A, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1*barf*
- WallnutBoy, on 05/12/2008, -0/+7This was a really interesting article, and I went to the comments expecting some more insight into the condition.
I clearly don't know digg at all -_- - cuoops, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4source - http://cumc.columbia.edu/news/press_releases/schiz ...
- aechase, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Primary source: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs ...
- donkeySays, on 05/12/2008, -4/+2How do you know you are not a schizophrenic sitting all by yourself, alone by a trash bin, munching a half-eaten burger and imagining up the world around you, the Internet and Digg? *knock! knock!* You will never know.
- JoeVet, on 05/12/2008, -4/+3So if this is a genetic disease that you're born with, how is marijuana being called a cause?
- tapo, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5Many illnesses are triggered by two factors - a genetic predisposition to the illness, and an environmental trigger. This explains why not everyone who is genetically vulnerable gets a disease, and instead acts as a carrier.
- mmalecki, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1BRAC1 is a typo...should be BRCA1
- uptwolait, on 05/12/2008, -1/+1A part of me really like the article, a part of me didn't.
- QsheiK, on 05/12/2008, -1/+1...Did you just refer to yourself in the 4th person?
- Black6x, on 05/12/2008, -1/+1What do you mean I already dugg this?
- chrisdancy, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I had a partner who suffered from schizophrenia. He ended up killing himself. This disease is NOTHING to joke about and tears families apart.
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