{"id":21721,"date":"2023-08-28T09:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21721"},"modified":"2023-08-28T09:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T13:49:31","slug":"an-effort-to-diversify-genetic-research-finds-new-variant-for-parkinsons-disease-in-african-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21721","title":{"rendered":"An effort to diversify genetic research finds new variant for Parkinson\u2019s disease in African populations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Usha Lee McFarling for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of Nigerian, British, and U.S. doctors have discovered a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson\u2019s disease in people of African and mixed-African descent and is not seen in those with European ancestry, a finding that could improve treatment of the movement disorder in a vastly underserved population.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/08\/25\/parkinsons-disease-new-variant-african-populations\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/08\/25\/parkinsons-disease-new-variant-african-populations\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"24\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Usha Lee McFarling for STAT) A group of Nigerian, British, and U.S. doctors have discovered a genetic variant that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[850,592],"class_list":["post-21721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology","tag-genetic-research","tag-parkinsons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21722,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21721\/revisions\/21722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}