The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7333 p75
22 January 2005

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Parkinson’s gene mutation

A gene mutation has been separately identified by three research groups as the cause of around one in 25 cases of Parkinson’s disease. Screening for the mutation, present in a gene called LRRK2, could become a component of genetic testing for Parkinson’s disease in the near future. The studies appear as early online papers on The Lancet website (www.thelancet.com).