Gene Linked To Development Of The Parkinson’s Disease In Those With Family History Identified, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Study

ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2008) — Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have discovered a gene that could hold the key to developing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease -- a progressive and often debilitating movement disorder that affects as many as one million Americans.

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