Identification of a gene that causes a rare, inherited form of Parkinson’s disease could revolutionize research on the condition and other neurological disorders, researchers report."It is a completely novel and, to my mind, completely unexpected gene/protein to be involved in Parkinson’s disease,” said Dr. Nicholas W. Wood, a professor of clinical neurology and neurogenetics at the Institute of Neurology in London and lead author of a report on the discovery in the April 16 issue of Science. “It opens the door to a whole new area of Parkinson’s disease, and perhaps other neurodegenerative disease research.”
