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Scientists in America say they have changed our understanding of the illness schizophrenia. In , they say that our genes play a role in passing the disorder on from parent to . Researchers have found that we can get schizophrenia even there is no history of it in our . They analyzed the DNA of over 200 people and changes in 40 different genes. Researcher professor Bin Xu said this has “fundamentally transformed understanding of the genetic basis of schizophrenia”. His could millions of schizophrenia sufferers.

Schizophrenia is common but not very well understood. It affects in every 100 people. Around ten percent of those schizophrenia have a parent with the disorder. Symptoms of the condition seeing things that are not there, feeling as though someone is controlling your body, and interest in everything. Paul Jenkins from the Rethink Mental Illness said: "We welcome research which helps develop a better insight of the of schizophrenia and [that] brings us closer to finding new of preventing or treating the condition."