Study: 'Depression Gene' Doesn't Predict the Blues

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Wed, 06/17/2009 - 03:10

Genes for mental illness are hard to pinpoint, and a new study suggests one gene variant that was thought to be associated with depression may not predict risk after all


 

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