If the results of this study are confirmed, I sincerely hope CYFIP1 becomes at least colloquially known as The Andrew Wakefield Gene.
Wakefield's "study" led to a decline in vaccination rates in the US, the UK, and likely several other countries, and has resulted in serious illnesses and deaths.
I get it but there are dozens of not hundreds of people who have put in decades of work each to discover and enhance our understanding of this gene and its medical links - they would be better candidates. Or perhaps they could choose to name it.
But celebrating a fraud and "fake news" founder ... even sarcastically does not sit right with me.
Happily I saw a dog turd on the street a while back - we could name that after Wakefield. Perhaps put it on Google maps.
And especially in todays search engine driven world of "self education" that could be amazingly effective.