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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen uncover how overactive brain cells may trigger schizophrenia symptoms years after birth ...

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Researchers have defined a new genetic disease caused by a mutation in the IVNS1ABP gene. The condition marks a rare combination of premature physical aging and progressive neurological decline caused ...

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