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Environment vs Genetics

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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I used to think that you could take any child with any genetics, raise them in a good environment, and you would have a good kid. A stable adult.
Genetics are overrated, I thought. Kids do not come born with predetermined dispositions to certain ways of being, ways of thinking, and styles of living, [...]

Manic Mice Benefit From Lithium

Monday, March 15, 2010

According to this article from Science Daily, mice can be made manic by removing a certain gene. And, they can benefit from treatment with Lithium, just as manic humans can.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312081256.htm
I wonder if they used the generic or the brand name? Lithium Carbonate or Lithium Orotate?
Interesting. I feel sorry for the mice involved in these [...]