Genetic risk factors identified for Parkinson’s disease
30th July 2014
Scientists have identified six previously unknown genetic risk factors of Parkinson’s disease.
They achieved this after collecting data from existing genome-wide association studies from over 100,000 people of European ancestry, including 13,708 cases of Parkinson’s disease.
Their research letter, published in Nature Genetics, identifies 26 variants that may increase a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s. It suggests the more variants a person has, the greater the risk of Parkinson’s disease.