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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 22, 2018·3 min readSchizophrenics’ Blood Has More Genetic Material From MicrobesA new study reports blood samples taken from those with Schizophrenia contain genetic material from more types of microbes than people without the condition. Additionally, the blood samples contained less CD8+ memory T cells.Read More
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