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Mutations Not Inherited from Parents Cause More than Half the Cases of Schizophrenia

August 7, 2011

Many cases of schizophrenia occur in families with no history of the disease.
Rare protein-altering genetic mutations contribute to these cases.
Researchers expect to find perhaps hundreds more of such mutations—a necessary step toward understanding how the disease develops.

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