Category: News & Articles
... team have discovered a unique biomarker in the blood of people with schizophrenia. The findings, published in Science Advances this ... team have discovered a unique biomarker in the blood of people with schizophrenia. The findings, published in Science Advances this ... in circulating blood. Professor Cairns explains, “Understanding schizophrenia on a molecular level has been notoriously difficult ...
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... has identified five new regions of the human genome associated with schizophrenia. Newcastle scientists working in collaboration with HMRI ... has identified five new regions of the human genome associated with schizophrenia. The Schizophrenia Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium used ...
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... Government to explore genetically informed precision medicine for schizophrenia using human cerebral organoids. Professor Murray Cairns ... Government to explore genetically informed precision medicine for schizophrenia using human cerebral organoids. This project will use a ... precision medicine platform to find improved targeted treatments for schizophrenia and help people living with the condition live healthier ...
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... have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of ... have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of ... coordinated the investigation. Data from the Newcastle-run Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB) was pooled into a sample of 150,000 ...
Category: Research
Hunter researchers look at schizophrenia from basic laboratory neuroscience through to clinical ... of this group has been the establishment of the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB) which collects biomedical samples and ... for this group is the investigation into the genetic basis underlying schizophrenia and newly discovered molecules that can regulate gene ...
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... help ease the symptoms for millions of people currently living with schizophrenia. Simple dietary changes and existing drugs used for other ... help ease the symptoms for millions of people currently living with schizophrenia . Psychosis, withdrawal, memory problems and a loss of ... Institute (HMRI*) has revealed that a subgroup of people with schizophrenia may benefit from vitamin A treatment, found in foods such ...
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On Tuesday night NBN News explored research into how people with schizophrenia process facial expressions. Dr Carmel Loughland, a Senior Research Fellow of the Schizophrenia Research Institute, aims to understand why this occurs and to design tools to help people with schizophrenia live healthier, happier lives. Around 1 in 100 people will ...
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... Cairns has received $800,000 in funding for a major genetic study of schizophrenia, with the aim of developing better treatments for the ... Cairns has received $800,000 in funding for a major genetic study of schizophrenia, with the aim of developing better treatments for the ... 6 billion nucleotides – from 500 individuals in the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank that is based at the HMRI Building in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? Schizophrenia and mental ill health: I have been working clinically ... and researching mental illness and severe psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia for three decades because these people are often our most ... marginalised and misunderstood in society. I’m interested in how schizophrenia impacts on a person’s ability to process socially ...
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Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic mental illness that is debilitating ... in developed countries worldwide. While the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia are often the most obvious, it is the cognitive ... memory and impede the ability of an individual with schizophrenia to successfully navigate through work, relationships and ...