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PARKINSON’S DISEASE
IT AFFECTS 1in 100
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
**
OVER AGE
60
MOST COMMON
NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISEASE IN THE WORLD*
60 80%
WHAT IS
PARKINSON ?
TO
OF THESE CELLS ARE ALREADY
LOST BY THE TIME MOTOR
SYMPTOMS APPEAR ***
PARKINSON’S DISEASE IS A CHRONIC
PROGRESSIVE NEURODEGENERATIVE
DISORDER, CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF
DOPAMINE CELLS
WHY IS PARKINSON SO DIFFICULT TO TREAT?
=> THE EXACT CAUSE OF
THE DISEASE IS UNKNOWN
CAUSES
GENETICS
ENVIRONMENT
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING
THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION, TO FIND A CURE FOR PATIENTS
With the progress of genetics, we are working on a mutation of the
LRRK2 gene, which may function as a "switch" of Parkinson's disease,
and thus potentially help to stop the progression of the disease.
* National Parkinson Foundation, 2015 - http://www.parkinson.org/about-us.aspx
** Michael J Fox Foundation, 2015 - https://www.michaeljfox.org/understanding-parkinsons/i-have-got-what.php
*** Michael J Fox Foundation, 2015 - https://www.michaeljfox.org/page.html?what-is-parkinsons-infographic