I don't normally post full stories but this is an exception. This maybe a genetics links and comments blog but I can also post stories if I can't find the orginal link. From the Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News website: Nov 18 2008, 11:37 AM EST New Gene Found to Be *****ociated with Epilepsy GEN News Highlights An international research team led by the University of Iowa has found a new gene connected to epilepsy. While the PRICKLE1 gene mutation is specific to a rare form of epilepsy, the study results were surprising not only because PRICKLE1 had never been *****ociated with epilepsy but also because the gene was not *****ociated with any other human disease. The nine families involved in the study all lived in the Middle East and came from one of three family lines. Of the 47 individuals in the three family lines, 23 had a form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy accompanied by ataxia. One family line had been extensively described by a University of Iowa adjunct ...