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Bipolar Funding Consortium Aims to Unravel Disorder's Genetics, Reduce Healthcare Disparities
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The ambitious set of projects funded by BD² aims to improve our understanding of bipolar disorder and inform care across the entire spectrum of research and clinical practice.
Bipolar Disorder Research Funding Organization Awards $18M in Grants to NYGC, Others
BD², a collaboration between three family philanthropies and the Milken Institute, awarded grants to teams at the New York Genome Center, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.
Bipolar Disorder Research Initiative Awards $15M for Brain Genetics, Omics Platforms
BD2, a collaboration between three family philanthropies and the Milken Institute, made the awards to two teams for large-scale sequencing and a brain atlas.
Study Links Maternal Mental Illness-Related Variants to Perinatal Risk Factors For Offspring
Researchers identified relationships between pregnancy-related maternal traits and behaviors and polygenic risk scores for half a dozen mental health conditions.
Polygenic Risk Scores for Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Civilians Are Generalizable to Veterans
Data from the US Million Veteran Program indicates that schizophrenia PRS developed with civilian data can identify veterans at risk of the condition despite differences between the cohorts.