Study: No Genetic Link Between Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

According to a study published in JAMA Neurology, there appears to be no genetic overlap between Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Data for the study included sets from the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the United States. Findings conclude that “loci that increase the risk of both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s are not widespread and that the pathological overlap could instead be ‘downstream’ of the primary susceptibility genes that increase the risk of each disease.” Click here to read the full story.