The largest twin study of schizophrenia to date reinforces the role of genetics in determining risk, suggesting that 79 percent of the likelihood to develop the condition is due to heritability

Psychosocial, environmental, and genetic factors are known to contribute to the risk of developing the disease, but to what extent? New research - carried out by scientists at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark - suggests that almost 80 percent of the likelihood of having schizophrenia may be genetic.

These results, the authors note, are important for the medical research community, especially for “future genome-wide association studies.”

I may have misread this study. It is talking about actual twins. I thought it meant a twin study. Sorry.

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