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Tapping Crowd-Sourced Data Unearths a Trove of Depression Genes

Pay-to-play gene typing leveraged for statistical power – NIH-funded study.

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016.  Scientists have discovered 15 genome sites — the first ever — linked to depression in people of European ancestry. Many of these regions of depression-linked genetic variation turn out to be involved in regulating gene expression and the birth of new neurons in the developing brain.

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But – in a twist – the researchers didn’t have to sequence anyone’s genes! Instead,…

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