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Down syndrome influencers have found fame and money thanks to social media — which also harbors problematic Down syndrome content powered by AI.
Books; Giving a voice to Down syndrome success stories, new book shows people living their best lives. Published: ; Jun. 01, 2025, 7:00 a.m.
Because life expectancy for individuals with Down syndrome has increased dramatically, investigators assessed the risk of age-related cardiovascular diseases in this population. As reported in the ...
In Ukraine, children with Down syndrome are often sent to adult institutions. Dec. 26, 2011 -- Tucked away behind the white walls of an orphanage in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Kareen ...
Cutting-edge gene editing technology could eradicate Down syndrome, according to Japanese scientists. Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns ...
In people with Down’s syndrome (Aβ-positive, blue; Aβ-negative, red), plasma p-tau217 correlated with change in tau PET (left) and amyloid PET scans (right). [Courtesy of Janelidze et al., Lancet ...
It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...
People with Down syndrome have a unique genetic predisposition: overexpression of the APP gene due to trisomy of chromosome 21 leads to overproduction of beta-amyloid (Aβ) protein, making them a ...
In the study, 5,155 individuals with Down syndrome born in Sweden in 1946–2000 were compared with other Swedish individuals matched by sex, birthyear, and county of birth.