HOUSTONâJustin Friendâs parents have doctoral degrees and have worked as university lecturers and researchers. So Mr. Friend might have been expected to head for a university after graduating from high school in Bryan, Texas, five years ago. Instead, he attended Texas State Technical College in Waco, and received a two-year degree in welding.
A flurry of emergent research has linked mitochondrial dysfunction to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Mitochondrial dysfunction results in impaired ATP generation, loss of cellular repair mechanisms, and cellular inefficiency.
A recent study found that 65% of people with Parkinson's onset under 20 years old and 32% of people with uonset between 20 and 30 had a genetic mutation that scientists believe increases the risk of Parkinson's.To the best of our knowledge, there are no genes that guarantee that you will develop Parkinson's. recent study found that 65% of people with Parkinson's onset under 20 years old and 32% of people with uonset between 20 and 30 had a genetic mutation that scientists believe increases the risk of Parkinson's. To the best of our knowledge, there are no genes that guarantee that you will develop Parkinson's.