Dr. Aiping Zhang visualizes her agarose gel.

Dr. Art Petronis is quoted as an expert in epigenetics in a National Geographic Magazine article on twins:

"After 30 years of molecular genetic studies we can explain only about 2 or 3 percent of inherited predisposition to psychiatric disease."

The good news is that some of these processes, unlike our DNA sequences, can be altered.


Read the article

We are doing cutting-edge research to understand how the environment affects schizophrenia genes, and how proteins in your brain could be the key to permanently treating schizophrenia. You can help us with this critical work by making a generous contribution.

The book, Brain, Behavior and Epigenetics edited by Drs. Petronis and Mill, examines to what extent is the epigenome plastic and malleable in response to environmental influences.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health.

CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.