Sergey Brin Parkinson's Predisposition

[caption id="attachment_344" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Scientist at work in the lab"][/caption] Sergey Brin has started a personal blog and in his first post he discusses the discovery of his greater than average likelihood of developing Parkinson's disease. Despite the frank and sober tone of his post, I couldn't help but giggle when I came across this paragraph towards the end...

This leaves me in a rather unique position. I know early in my life something I am substantially predisposed to. I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's). I also have the opportunity to perform and support research into this disease long before it may affect me. And, regardless of my own health it can help my family members as well as others.

I wish I had enough cash to fund my own research in to whatever genetic diseases I may have a predisposition too. Alas, I do not. For now I'll just keep my head in the sand and avoid handing over a sample of my DNA to a scientific clairvoyant.