Illumina, University of Copenhagen to Study Genetic Evolution of Neuropsychiatric Disease

Mar 26, 2019

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Illumina said today that it is working with the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre at the University of Copenhagen to study how infectious pathogens influenced the evolutionary history of certain mental and neurological disorders.

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