Genetic mutations cause schizophrenia

Researchers at Columbia University studied the genomes of genetically isolated Afrikaner families of European descent in South Africa. The analysis included 225 people included schizophrenia patients, their families and healthy individuals who were considered as control groups.

During the study, the scientists 40 mutations, all in different genes and most of them protein-altering, that were associated with sporadic schizophrenia, according to their finding that appeared at the journal Nature Genetics.  PressTV