Posts Tagged ‘Research’
Researchers believe they have found genetic cause for Parkinson’s disease
Posted by Melissa | Filed under Research
Article Source: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090513p2a00m0na010000c.html
A team led by Shoji Tsuji of the University of Tokyo, and Tatsushi Toda of Kobe University discovered that those with a mutation in a gene called GBA are 28 times more likely to contract Parkinson’s disease. They now hope to use their finding to explain exactly how the disease is caused, and [...]
Tags: Gaucher Disease, genetic, Research



