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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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These rogue genetic elements pepper the brain tissue of deceased people?
It sounds like that only through autopsy can the phenomenon be found?
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Roaming bits of DNA that can relocate and proliferate throughout the genome, called "jumping genes," may contribute to schizophrenia, a new study suggests. These rogue genetic elements pepper the brain tissue of deceased people with the disorder and multiply in response to stressful events, such as infection during pregnancy, which increase the risk of the disease. The study could help explain how genes and environment work together to produce the complex disorder and may even point to ways of lowering the risk of the disease, researchers say.
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Roaming bits of DNA that can relocate and proliferate throughout the genome, called "jumping genes," may contribute to schizophrenia, a new study suggests. These rogue genetic elements pepper the brain tissue of deceased people with the disorder and multiply in response to stressful events, such as infection during pregnancy, which increase the risk of the disease. The study could help explain how genes and environment work together to produce the complex disorder and may even point to ways of lowering the risk of the disease, researchers say.
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It sounds like the study was performed on deceased people by means of autopsy, but it doesn't specifically say that is the only way to find the rogue elements.
- It sounds like the study was performed on deceased people by means of autopsy, but it doesn't specifically say that is the only way to find the rogue elements.
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It sounds like the study was performed on deceased people by means of autopsy, but it doesn't specifically say that is the only way to find the rogue elements.
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Thanks.
BTW, I am not very certain about the meaning of "pepper...with..."
Does "pepper the brain tissue of deceased people with the disorder" mean "bring/sow the disorder/schizophrenia to the brain tissue of deceased people"?
BTW, I am not very certain about the meaning of "pepper...with..."
Does "pepper the brain tissue of deceased people with the disorder" mean "bring/sow the disorder/schizophrenia to the brain tissue of deceased people"?
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