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Understanding Why Identical Twins Are Not Carbon Copies in Mental Illness

September 26, 2011
Jonathan Mill, Ph.D.
Jonathan Mill, Ph.D.

Jonathan Mill, Ph.D., 2009 NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee and colleagues have demonstrated that potentially reversible epigenetic changes play a key role in mental illness. 'Our findings suggest that it is not only genetic variations that are important … our research could open up new avenues for the development of novel therapeutic drugs,' says Mill.

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Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder
Basic Research
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Naresh kumar dhar on October 8, 2011 - 6:59am

Exciting field.

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