Nevertheless, success in finding a gene linked to any mental disorder would have a great impact.
By contrast, removing a gene linked with the disease would only cut new cases by 7%.
The first gene linked to Alzheimer's disease is discovered.
Recently the first gene directly linked to psoriasis has been identified.
Most of the genes linked to diabetes are involved in beta cell functions.
One of the first genes linked to colon cancer may not be a culprit in the disease after all, a study has found.
Neuregulin is one of about 10 genes so far linked to schizophrenia.
The result, being published today in the journal Science, is the identification of the first human gene ever linked to hair loss.
The genes linked to the two different conditions "interact with each other during development."
Millennium was one of the first companies to focus on systematically searching for genes linked to disease.