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Old Jun 17, 2009, 07:11 AM
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"One of the most celebrated findings in modern psychiatry — that a single gene helps determine one’s risk of depression in response to a divorce, a lost job or another serious reversal — has not held up to scientific scrutiny, researchers reported Tuesday."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/sc...s.html?_r=1&hp
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Old Jun 17, 2009, 08:10 AM
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wow, how bizarre. i studied that paper in 2004 when all the academics at uni were getting excited about it. did a presentation on it, too.

weird how 'scientific knowledge' keeps 'evolving', huh?
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