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clipped from www.nytimes.com
Gene-Hunters Find Hope and Hurdles in Schizophrenia Studies

Two groups of researchers hunting for schizophrenia genes on a larger scale than ever before have found new genetic variants that point toward a different understanding of the disease.

"What is beginning to emerge is that a lot of the risk of brain diseases is conferred by rare deletions," Dr. Stefansson said.

"If you can understand the mechanism," Dr. Insel said, "you should be able to devise new treatments. So I think this is a big advance, not a signal for hopelessness."

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