medicalcondition:parkinson’s disease

Study Links Gut Bacteria to Parkinson’s Disease
▻http://www.healthline.com/health-news/study-links-gut-bacteria-to-parkinsons

Genetics and environment are possible factors, but now researchers say gut bacteria could contribute to the nervous system disorder.

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) published a report today in the journal Cell detailing their discovery of a link between intestinal bacteria and Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Changes in bacteria, or the bacteria themselves, contribute to — and may even cause — motor skill decline, the scientists concluded.

#flore_intestinale #Maladie_de_Parkinson

L’étude est accessible ici

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease: Cell
▻http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31590-2

Personal genetics company patent raises hackles : Nature
►http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/personal-genetics-company-patent-raises-hackles.html

Avec ses #brevets #génétiques 23andme est-elle en train de trahir ses clients ?

According to a blog by company’s co-founder Anne Wojcicki, the #patent “relates to our discovery of a variant in the SGK1 gene that may be protective against #Parkinson’s disease in individuals who carry the rare risk-associated LRRK2 G2019S mutation.”
(...) “I had assumed that 23andMe was against patenting genes and felt in total cahoots all along with you guys. If I’d known you might go that route with my data, I’m not sure I would have answered any surveys.”