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For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...

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For many people who have bipolar I, lithium is that most elusive of pharmacological treatments, the “magic bullet”—a single intervention that completely eliminates the symptoms of a disease. Since the ...