Epigenetic changes observed in blood may point to early stages in Parkinson disease
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 20:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have now shown that a distinctive pattern of epigenetic modifications is observed in specific genes associated with Parkinson Disease. Even more interesting, these changes could be easily analyzed in blood samples from patients, which appear to replicate the "epigenetic status" of brain tissue cells, potentially simplifying early diagnosis of the disease.