Genetic connection to Parkinson's disease

Neurology

This is really complicated, but it looks like the researcher has the right idea for getting the point across. His comparison to a garbage dump truck is irresistible: New genetic research demonstrates possible cause of inherited form of Parkinson’s disease. : The situation is like “a garbage truck stalling at the entrance to the town dump. ‘If the truck breaks down right in front of the dump, not only does it fail to deliver its own garbage to the dump, but it blocks all the other garbage trucks and the town fills up with garbage.’ ”

Backing up at the protein disposal site–we seem to be hearing more and more about proteins, right along with genes. Maybe I’m crazy, but there seem to be some trends developing…