UW scientists make breakthrough in understanding schizophrenia

University of Washington researchers are part of a team that has made a breakthrough that brings science closer to understanding one cause of schizophrenia. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and included researchers from eight different facilities, including UW. A report on the new work was published Thursday in the journal Cell. Researchers found that, rather than individual gene mutations being responsible for schizophrenia on their own, it's more likely that…