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15 sty 2024 · There's no treatment for Down syndrome, but there are medications, surgeries, and therapies that can help people with the disorder lead healthy lives.
In The Lancet Neurology, Alberto Costa and colleagues 9 report the results of a two-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial to study the effects of 16 weeks of memantine treatment on cognitive function in 160 adolescents and young adults (aged 15–32 years) with Down syndrome. The trial was carefully designed to be ...
1 paź 2018 · Foetal screening for Down syndrome raises sensitive issues, whereas unlike the outcome of other screening procedures, there is no treatment for Down syndrome other than the selective termination of the pregnancy.
20 paź 2020 · The ultimate goal of Down syndrome (DS) research is to design therapies that improve quality of life for individuals with DS by understanding which subsets of Hsa21 genes contribute to DS-associated phenotypes throughout the lifetime.
15 kwi 2009 · Down syndrome (DS) is caused by trisomy of chromosome 21 (Hsa21) and is associated with a number of deleterious phenotypes, including learning disability, heart defects, early-onset Alzheimer's disease and childhood leukaemia.
1 wrz 2022 · New research with mice—and a small human trial—raises the prospect of treatments that could improve learning difficulties in people with Down syndrome. Though still preliminary, the work may represent a step toward a goal that has eluded scientists for decades.
Four recommendations (managing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention, screening for obesity, and evaluation for secondary causes of osteoporosis) agreed with existing guidance for individuals without Down syndrome.
