everyone from the writer jack kerouac and brian wilson and john nash has fought the disease of schizophrenia, yet the lack of understanding about it has lead many to hide their diagnosis. more recently though some patients have begun to speak publicly about their experiences. danny hurley is one of them. he was diagnosed with schizophrenia while a student at georgia tech. he joins me this evening to share his story and his insights on the disease. also joining me tonight a remarkable group of scientists stephen paul, director of the arlz aldz disease research institute and a professor at cornell medical college, cornelia bargmann is a professor at rockefeller university. judith rab o port is chief of the child psychiatry branch at the national institute of mental health. david lewis is a professor of translational neuroskeins and chairman of the department of psychiatry at the university of pittsburgh. and once again, my esteemed cohost is dr. eric kandel, a nobel laureate, professor at columbia and a howard hughes medical investigator. so tell me where we are today? what are we going to fin