2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2005. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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What gene afflicts people with Parkinson's disease?
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Aideen McInerney, M.S.: Parkinson's disease is not usually inherited in families. However, there are some families in which many people are affected with the condition. Studying these families has enabled us to discover five genes so far and five other locations in the genome in which other genes are located. The five genes found to date are alpha-synuclein, parkin, DJ-1, Pink-1 and LRRK2. We are currently doing more research on these genes in order to better understand what they do and what happens when they don't work properly.
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