It was difficult for an outsider to make an entry into this round.

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.

We show how the normal function of the gene keeps dopamine cells from dying. If the gene is abnormal, these protective mechanisms cannot be brought into play.

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.

Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough.

I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again.