Researchers from KAIST and NTU Singapore unlock Parkinson's disease

(The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) A KAIST research team has identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.Their discovery presents a new perspective to three decades of conventional wisdom in Parkinson's disease research. It also opens up new avenues that can help alleviate the motor problems suffered by patients of the disease, which reportedly number more than 10 milli...