Researchers analyzing genetic data from nearly 700,000 people have identified 74 distinct genome locations associated with anxiety, 39 of them previously unknown. The discovery reframes anxiety as a biological condition rather than purely psychological, potentially opening new avenues for treatment and diagnosis.
Space Daily · Saturday, 4 July 2026
Anxiety is still more often treated as a mood problem than a biology problem. A new study makes that harder to justify. Researchers analyzing genetic data from nearly 700,000 people have identified 74 distinct locations in the human genome linked to anxiety s…
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