Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The insanity virus

Like so many other conditions previously thought to be genetic, it seems that schizophrenia too is acquiring a viral explanation:

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jun/03-the-insanity-virus

To quote:

Beyond that, the insanity virus (if such it proves) may challenge our basic views of human evolution, blurring the line between "us" and "them," between pathogen and host.

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