" from a research front of view , this is the first occasion we could detect what seems to be characteristic parkinson ' s ' complications before people develop symptoms , " claims gene tube neuroscientist matthew philipps . " we know if anything inherits the mutation they are going to suffer gardner ' s disease . " the mutation was discovered by sequencing the lrrk2 gene in family with cn ' s from the us , norway , ireland and polish .
A genetic mutation has been linked with Parkinson's disease.