PNB Genetics News & Research
The Documentation of Consent and Disclosure of Neurogenetic Testing Outside Clinical Genetics
By C. Lo, J. Martindale, M. Hadjivassiliou, P. Martin, A. DAlton, O. Bandmann
Neurogenetics (2014)
Neurogenetic tests are increasingly requested by
clinical neurologists without any formal training in ... Read more »
Genome-Wide Significant Localization for Working and Spatial Memory: Identifying Genes for Psychosis Using Models of Cognition
Emma E.M. Knowles, Melanie A. Carless, Marcio A.A. de Almeida, Joanne E. Curran, D. Reese McKay, Emma Sprooten, Thomas D. Dyer, Harald H. Go¨ring, Rene ... Read more »
Revitalizing Psychiatric Therapeutics
By Steven E Hyman
Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews (2014) 39, 220-229.
Despite high prevalence and enormous unmet medical need, the pharmaceutical industry has recently de-emphasized neuropsychiatric disorders as ‘too ... Read more »
Whole-Genome Growing Pains
By Ed Young
The Scientist
March 11, 2014
Small study suggests that whole-genome sequencing faces several hurdles before it can be used routinely in the clinic.
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Increased L1 Retrotransposition in the Neuronal Genome in Schizophrenia
By: Miki Bundo, Manabu Toyoshima, Yohei Okada et al.
Neuron
January 22, 2014
Volume 81 Issue 2 pp306-313
Summary
Recent studies indicate that long interspersed nuclear element-1 (L1) ... Read more »
Addressing the Ethical Challenges in Genetic Testing and Sequencing of Children
By: Ellen Wright Clayton, Laurence B. McCullough, Leslie G. Biesecker, Steven Joffe, Lainie Friedman Ross, Susan M. Wolff
For the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research ... Read more »
New Ethical Issues for Genetic Counseling in Common Mental Disorders
By: Gershon ES, Alliey-Rodriguez N.
American Journal of Psychiatry 2013 Sep 1;170(9):968-76. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12121558.
OBJECTIVE:
Recent genetic findings of high-impact genetic variants in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and ... Read more »
Ethics: Taboo genetics
Nature News Feature
By: Erika Check Hayden
02 October 2013
Probing the biological basis of certain traits ignites controversy. But some scientists choose to cross the ... Read more »
Personality may be key to genetics of bipolar disorder
By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter
Published on August 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM
See full article here
Excerpt: "People with bipolar disorder vary significantly from their ... Read more »
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