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Dr Nathaniel McGregor

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Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Genetics; & SU/ UCT MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University

There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research brain. Shutterstock

November 5, 2018

Mental health genetics: African solutions for African challenges

Benyam Worku Dubale, Addis Ababa University; Celia van der Merwe, University of Cape Town, and Dr Nathaniel McGregor, Stellenbosch University

There’s been significant advances in mental health genetics research, but Africa has largely been excluded.

Schizophrenia is a complex disorder affecting how an individual thinks, feels and acts. New research has found that people with certain genetic errors are more susceptible to the disorder. shutterstock

July 21, 2015

New gene links to schizophrenia could open the door to improved treatments

Dr Nathaniel McGregor, Stellenbosch University

How someone suffering from schizophrenia responds to treatment and manages their disorder is dependent on errors in their genes, according to new research.

Drug-based therapies for anxiety disorders work on roughly half of those affected and treated. shutterstock

June 15, 2015

Seven new genes linked to anxiety disorders

Dr Nathaniel McGregor, Stellenbosch University

There is hope that new drugs can be created to treat anxiety disorders after seven new genes were linked to these diseases.

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