The Broad Institute has received the biggest gift worldwide for psychiatric research, a $650 million commitment that could help scientists unravel the genetic underpinnings of diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and begin to develop better treatments. Steven Hyman, professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at FAS; Eric Lander, professor of systems biology and founding director of the Broad Institute; and Steve McCarroll, assistant professor of genetics at HMS, are quoted. The gift coincides with the publication of the largest genomic study of schizophrenia, which identified more than 100 spots in the genome that are associated with the disease.
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