While Google has spun off a number of different blogs to keep fans and analysts abreast of changes in the empire’s ever-growing suite of projects, the latest blog out of the company has a decidedly more personal spin. Google co-founder Sergey Brin launched his own blog, Too, on Thursday, and used the space as a pedestal to discuss the impending battle with Parkinson’s Disease he may face due to a genetic mutation.
Brin first discovered his propensity for the disease after getting a genetic test from 23andMe.The results revealed that his LRRK2 gene had a mutation known as G2019S, one that his mother, who is already afflicted by Parkinson’s, also possesses.
“It is clear that I have a markedly higher chance of developing Parkinson’s in my lifetime than the average person,” Brin wrote in his blog entry. “In fact, it is somewhere between 20% to 80% depending on the study and how you measure.”
Acknowledging that his foreknowledge puts him in a strange position, Brin reflected on the possibilities of what he could do with his newfound insight into his future. “I feel fortunate to be in this position. Until the fountain of youth is discovered, all of us will have some conditions in our old age only we don’t know what they will be. I have a better guess than almost anyone else for what ills may be mine – and I have decades to prepare for it.”
