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Prof. makes surprise Parkinson's discovery
Zunaira Choudhary Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Campus News While Robert Smith, a professor of medicine at the Alpert Medical School, was researching diabetes, he discovered something key to understanding another illness - a gene that could be the link to Parkinson's disease in patients with a family history of the disorder. Smith, the director of the Division of Endocrinology at Rhode Island Hospital, led the study with researchers at the Med School, Rhode Island Hospital and in Milan and Paris. Five years ago, Smith and his colleagues took notice of the gene, GIGYF2, while researching diabetes - his usual field of study - because it seemed that it may be involved in the production of insulin, according to a University press release. When the researchers tried to understand the functions of the protein for which the gene codes, Smith said their normal methods proved unsuccessful. The researchers then looked to the Human Genome Database to understand the function of the protein. READ more
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