Sergey Brin starts a blog, explains the choice of “Too” as the Blog name, and discloses that he has the G2019S variant of the LRRK2 gene. The health implications associated with the mutation are a 20% to 80% elevated risk for Parkinson’s Disease.
Sergey discovered his predisposition via genetic testing at 23andMe, and deems knowledge of this risk to be fortunate in that permits him to adapt, eg support of The Parkinson’s Institute.
So far, nothing on Google itself aside from “Google is a play on googol”, but then again, Too is intended to be about Sergey and not Google…although both would be good.
Too – Sergey Brin’s personal blog
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i have a son with parkinsons. he got it at age 35, now is 54. advice is. learn all you can about the desiese, learn about proper diet , be very active, bike,hike anything to feep busy. spend no time asking why me and no time in self pity. get envolved in volunteer work.send me a message if you want to talk. good luck. find a good doctor
Very helpful and moving comment above. From what I understand, the chances of people finding a cure for Parkinson’s sometime soon are good.
Knowing what diseases you’re at risk for obviously can be scary, but can also really sharpen your perspective.