In a breakthrough discovery, which could lead into further inroads to discover a cure for the Parkinson’s disease, has been uncovered. The discovery, a first in medical history would make way for the discovery of new medicines for the dreaded disease, which leads to erratic mental behavior and a decline in the functioning of the brain.

The gene which was found in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region of the brain has been known to be related with the mentally degenerative disease. The gene has been discovered by research scientists at the Center for Inherited Disease Research, John Hopkins University. The study also revealed that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were affective in battling the disease though in limited cases.

Nature Medicine had earlier printed a study in the month of August, which had stated that nerve cells in mice could be protected by the use of certain specific drugs. In the study, researchers tested drugs that were commercially available and out of the 70 drugs that were used, 8 were found to be effective by blocking the LRRK2 protein, which when changed could lead to Parkinson’s disease and is over active in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Two of the eight drugs were found to be extremely effective with one of the drugs not letting the nerve cells from being harmed at all, whereas the second one recorded 80% less fatality of nerve cells.