New lab explores the genetic and environmental factors related to psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and autism
November 01, 2024
November 01, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
In 2003, the Human Genome Project generated the first sequence of the human genome, and the years that followed accelerated the study of human biology and advanced the practice of medicine. The genetics of psychiatric conditions are proving particularly difficult to unravel, but there have been major advances in the last decade.
"It has been an exciting time, a new era of genetics and genomics . . .
In 2003, the Human Genome Project generated the first sequence of the human genome, and the years that followed accelerated the study of human biology and advanced the practice of medicine. The genetics of psychiatric conditions are proving particularly difficult to unravel, but there have been major advances in the last decade.
"It has been an exciting time, a new era of genetics and genomics . . .