SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may affect our bodies and health; but in most cases, more work is needed before this research can provide information of value to individuals. For that [...]

Tags: bipolar disorder, common variants, International Schizophrenic Consortium, MGS, schizophrenia, SGENE

Genomewide association studies have had some success in finding DNA variants associated with increased risk for bipolar disorder.  But researchers from the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University in England have taken these studies a step further by looking for common functional themes running through the GWAS data. Their results, published [...]

Tags: American Journal of Human Genetics, bipolar disorder, Crohn's disease, Genes, GWAS