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New PDGENEration Program Will Offer Free Genetic Testing for Parkinson’s Patients

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New PDGENEration Program Will Offer Free Genetic Testing for Parkinson’s Patients

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MJ Fox foundation through ​23andme offered free genetic testing. I thought it was very useful particularly because of the lack of diagnostic tests for PD. Also I realized that my childhood memories of my grandfather shuffling and having tremors was very likely an indication of Parkinson disease and not 'the sign of old age '.

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