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If we can find drugs that increase activity of the DJ-1 gene, we may be able to stop the relentless progression of Parkinson's disease even in patients who don't have mutations in the gene. Stopping a disease in its earliest stages would be a tremendous breakthrough.

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If we can find drugs that increase activity of the DJ-1 gene, we may be able to stop the relentless progression of Parkinson's disease even in patients who don't have mutations in the gene. Stopping a disease in its earliest stages would be a tremendous breakthrough.
— Dr. Curt Freed
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