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Young-onset Parkinson’s disease could take root at birth

Scientists pinpoint molecular changes that could help to reveal people at risk of developing the disease before age 50.
Actor Michael J. Fox poses in the press room at the 89th annual Academy Awards.

Actor Michael J. Fox, who was only 29 when he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, has become a public face of the illness. Credit: Jason LaVeris/Getty

Parkinson’s disease that develops in young and middle-aged people might be caused by cellular abnormalities present since birth.

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Nature 578, 10 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00218-x

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