UCLA scientists have discovered that infants possessing a cell protein called Rhesus (Rh) factor that their mothers lack are twice as likely to develop schizophrenia in young adulthood. Reported in ...
The rhesus factor, or Rh factor, is a protein that may be present on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). If RBCs contain the Rh antigen, they are Rh-positive, and if not, they are Rh-negative. It ...