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Parkinson’s: New gene therapy shows promise for prevention

June 7, 2019

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According to information from the Parkinson’s Foundation, an estimated 1 million people in the United States will have Parkinson’s disease by 2020, and approximately 60,000 U.S. adults receive a diagnosis of this condition every year.

Across the world, they add, more than 10 million people live with Parkinson’s disease. Even though it is so prevalent, scientists are still unsure what causes it, and doctors only prescribe symptomatic treatments for the management of this condition.

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