FoxNews has an interesting article about Bipolar Disorder's and its tendency to run in families. It has long been know that Bipolar Disorder is a hereditary disease, but scientists have been unable to pinpoint the exact gene that causes it. Presumably, once the gene is identified, new treatments may become available to effectively treat the disease.
some hereditary factors are strong indicators of whether someone will develop bipolar disorder or not. Identical twins have a 70 percent higher chance of developing bipolar disorder. If one parent is bipolar, there is a 7 to 10 percent higher risk of getting bipolar disorder. If there are two parents, there is a 20 percent chance of developing bipolar in the offspring because of the multiple genes.
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