[lurkingforacure]

"Parkinson's Genetic Mechanism Identified......

An international team of scientists have found that genetic mechanisms in blood cells play a crucial role in controlling a gene and protein that causes Parkinson's disease.

Patients with Parkinson"s disease (PD) have elevated levels of the protein called alpha-synuclein in their brains. As the protein clumps, or aggregates, the resulting toxicity causes the death of neurons that produce the brain chemical dopamine...."

Here's the link for the article:

http://living.oneindia.in/health/sci...se-250708.html

[paula_w]

Yes....very significant and encouraging!

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread50455.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread50474.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread50491.html

paula

[aftermathman]

did you just know the references or did you have to look them up

This alpha-synuclein protein clumping seems to have been around for ever but I am not sure it is going anywhere fast.

More comebacks than Brett Favre !!

Neil.

[paula_w]

The finding included large amounts of alpha synuclein in our blood and genes that kind of turn alpha synuclein on and off [very layman's term] - this sounded pretty important and the article was posted by 4 different people on the forum and many other places. This was all just last week so it was easy to remember where the threads were.

paula