| New Database to Help Speed Search for Bipolar Disorder Genes |
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A free public online database launched recently may help speed efforts to identify genes associated with an increased risk of bipolar disorder, a mood disorder commonly marked by alternating bouts of depression and manic behavior. The Bipolar Disorder Phenome Database -- a joint project of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health and Johns Hopkins Psychiatry -- offers detailed descriptions and symptoms and course of disease in more than 5,000 people with bipolar disorder. DNA samples are also available from this group of patients, which will enable researchers to match specific bipolar symptoms with sequences of genetic material. Read on
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