Gene Therapy for Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases.

Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases are associated with cholinergic neuron loss and deterioration of bone mineral density. Gene therapy through either gene transfer, CRISPR gene editing, or CRISPR gene modulation holds the potential to cure Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases. The emerging role of weight-bearing exercise in the prevention of, and care for, osteoporosis, obesity, and diabetes has been previously recognized.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy.

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies are allelic X-linked recessive neuromuscular diseases affecting both skeletal and cardiac muscles. Therefore, owing to their single X chromosome, the affected boys receive pathogenic gene mutations from their unknowing carrier mothers. Current pharmacological drugs are palliative that address the symptoms of the disease rather than the genetic cause imbedded in the gene DNA sequence.