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25 Years of Breakthroughs: Researchers Discover Gene Linked to Schizophrenia Susceptibility

March 02, 2012
Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.
Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.

In 2006, Scientific Council Member, Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D. and a team of researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), discovered that the presence of a gene known as neuregulin 1 increases the likelihood of a person having schizophrenia by about 30%. Assisting Dr. Weinberger, were NARSAD Grantees Amanda Law, Ph.D. (recipient of the Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Prize for Schizophrenia Research in 2011) and Barbara Lipska, Ph.D.; Joel Kleinman, M.D. (2011 Lieber Prizewinner for Schizophrenia Research); and others from the NIMH.

This research was featured in the May 2, 2006 NIMH Science News

Read a scientific abstract about this research

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