This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes articles about Mary-Claire King (mcking@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByExpertID&personID=1717 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:45:14 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that disorder, and provide support for an alternate theory of medical genetics, UW researchers argue in a commentary piece in the Aug. 2 issue of JAMA. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25994 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25994 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:00:00 GMT A team of researchers at the University of Washington and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories has uncovered genetic errors that may shed light on the causes of schizophrenia. The scientists found that deletions and duplications of DNA are more common in people with the mental disorder, and that many of those errors occur in genes related to brain development and neurological function. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40615 Science Health and Medicine Justin Reedy (jreedy@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40615 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:18:49 GMT