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Press release: New gene linked to bipolar disorder
3 October 2006
A new gene linked to both depression and bipolar disorder has been identified by UCL and Danish researchers.
The collaboration, led by Professor Hugh Gurling (UCL Mental Health Sciences) and Professor Ole Mors at the University of Aarhus, first looked at bipolar cases in families living in the UK and in Denmark, and then at large numbers of unrelated people with bipolar disorder. The results of the genetic searches, published in the October issue of the 'American Journal of Psychiatry', identified the gene - known as Slynar - which is found on chromosome 12.
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