25 Years Ago, the First Report of a Mutation Associated With Parkinson’s Disease
6 min readNov 15, 2021
- A quarter century has passed since the first report of a genetic mutation associated with Parkinson’s disease, in a gene responsible for making the alpha-synuclein protein.
- There are no blood tests or imaging options to diagnose Parkinson’s disease, and because of the large variability of symptoms, it is often called a…