Evidence that Parkinson’s starts in the gut reaffirmed in new study

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New findings by Columbia researchers and graduate students are adding to evidence backing this hypothesis—and showing that what triggers initial gastrointestinal changes in Parkinson’s
could be a misdirected immune attack. The findings also raise the possibility that early detection—and then interruption—of an immune response in the gut could prevent a later attack on the brain’s neurons and stop Parkinson’s in its tracks.

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