Diagnosing Schizophrenia by Blood Test.

Chemical & Engineering News Senior Editor Celia Henry Arnaud writes that schizophrenia does not just involve the brain, but also abnormal levels of certain proteins that appear in other parts of the body.The article focused on a group of scientists in the United Kingdom indicating that 40 percent of the chemical changes in the brains of schizophrenia patients also occur in other body parts. The U.K. scientists are studying these biomarkers in the skin, immune cells, and blood of patients to provide a real-time picture of the disease. Results of the most previous studies were done rather with brain tissue taken from patients after death. The scientists have already identified several schizophrenia biomarkers in the blood and are working with a company that plans to launch a blood test for diagnosing schizophrenia in 2010. The blood test has potential for earlier diagnosis in schizophrenic patients and quicker treatment.

Side Note: Some of the greatest minds in the arts and sciences where Schizophrenic/bipolar

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