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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago

And that root cause? The BRAIN.

All jokes aside, this sort of research forms the backbone of modern medicine. It's also at risk with the Trump administration targeting federal research grants from the NIH.

For those of us in the US, call and email your representatives, join protests, and get organized.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t know if a pleiotropic relationship between 109 different genes can be called “the same root cause”. Maybe “a large complex of interacting causes”?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair point!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Here's the list: autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, Tourette syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

scientists need to get their act together. chop chop, fix my stupid brain already

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

This feeds so much into my confirmation bias and I’m captivated by it.

Like how it’s a trope at this point that people with ADHD also demonstrate some behaviors associated with autism.

I want to see the Venn diagram of people with these diseases overlaid onto the Venn diagram of their genetic tests for the identified mutations.

Do certain mutations cluster to certain diseases?!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting article. Thanks for this post!