New target for Parkinson's disease identified by researchers

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 21:11 in Health & Medicine

Investigators have discovered a novel link between a protein called SV2C and Parkinson's disease (PD). Prior work had suggested that the SV2C gene was associated with the curious ability of cigarette smoking to reduce PD risk.

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