Healthy Living: Preventing Parkinson's

Healthy Living: Preventing Parkinson's

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Posted: Dec 30, 2015 11:59 AM EST

As many as one-million Americans are living with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive movement disorder with no cure. 

Medications may help control the symptoms for a period of time, but eventually, they lose their punch.

Researchers now say they've found a way to prevent Parkinson’s from developing in animals, a huge step toward eliminating the disease in people.

Dr. Burton says a clinical trial of gene therapy in humans is only two to three years away.

He says the therapy needs to be tested in other animals and researchers need to assess the long-term effects before it could move to human trial.

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