23andMe Uses Customers’ Genetic Data to Find Depression Link

23andMe Uses Customers’ Genetic Data to Find Depression Link
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A study from the consumer genetic-testing company 23andMe and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has found 15 new DNA regions associated with mutations that could predispose individuals to major depression.

The study was huge: Researchers took the DNA of over 75,000 people who reported being clinically diagnosed with depression and compared it with more than 230,000 customers who reported no such diagnosis.

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