Genes can be a doorway to understanding the basis of disease. One neurologist who had the foresight to knock on this door is Martin Dichgans, Professor of Neurology (Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research [ISD], Munich, Germany): “genetics provide you with a starting point that is unquestionably relevant, can lead you to novel targets for intervention, and save you from focusing on confounding factors instead of the disease itself.”
Original Article: [In Context] Martin Dichgans: opening the doors of discovery