Scientists discover genetic mutation that causes Parkinson's disease

A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress. The study, published in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, continues to fill in the picture of Parkinson's disease as a complex disorder influenced by multiple genes, say neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida who helped lead the investigation. The gene is EIF4G1 a translation initiation factor controlling theinitial steps of protein synthesis from mRNA (see KEGG pathway)
Parkinson's disease genes and risk factors 
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