MIT Engineers World's First Schizophrenic Mice 159
Frosty Piss writes "MIT researchers have created a schizophrenic mouse that pinpoints a gene variation predisposing people to schizophrenia. Research with the mouse may lead to the first genetically targeted drugs for the disease, which affects 1 percent of the population worldwide. This is the first study that uses animals who demonstrate an array of symptoms observed in schizophrenic patients to identify specific genes that predispose people to the disease."
This may be a really ignorant question, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
pick your reality (Score:5, Interesting)
The standard narrative of schizophrenia that we've all internalized is that it's somehow a weakness of an individual. That can't be true, especially if it can be induced.
What white mouse _isn't_ schizophrenic? (Score:5, Interesting)