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Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

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Down Syndrome- Related News

Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Down Syndrome. Please find 95 such items on this topic.

Scientists Identify Mutation Behind Rare Genetic Disorder
The genetic cause of a birth defect known as Hamamy syndrome has been identified by scientists. The discovery made by scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), in collab...

Rare Genetic Disorder That Turns Organs into Crystals
A distressed couple in Leeds has revealed that both of their children are suffering from a rare genetic disorder that slowly turns their organs into crystals. Jessica Kemp revealed that her...

Down Syndrome Kids Confront Facial Features Stereotyping
Down syndrome kids` photographs evoke less positive attitudes than photographs of usually developing children do, reports new research published on Apr. 4 in the open access journal PLoS ONE...

On World Down Syndrome Day Experts Say Patients Need Early Intervention
Down Syndrome (DS) remains an incurable condition but experts believe that acceptance by the family and early intervention can go a long way in ensuring that a person with DS lives a normal ...

The Cognitive Dysfunction of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease: Cognizance and Treatment
The most common genetic disorder in live born children occurring as an outcome of a chromosomal abnormality is Down syndrome (DS).It occurs as a result of having three copies of chromosome 2...

Demystified: Why Children With Down Syndrome Have Increased Risk of Leukemia
Previous research has shown that children with Down syndrome (DS) have an increased risk of developing leukemia. This is particularly true for acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL) and acut...

New Method to Detect Risk of Down Syndrome
A novel algorithm developed by scientists helps detect those at risk of Down syndrome. Two studies evaluating this approach are available online in advance of publication in the April issue ...

Organ Damage in Inflammatory Genetic Disorder Arrested by Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug
Kineret (anakinra), an approved medication to treat rheumatoid arthritis, successfully bars progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID)...

Cure For Sugar-Related Congenital Disorder
German researchers have found in mannose, a natural sugar, a possible way of forestalling CDG-IA, an inherited metabolic disorder that impairs the production of glycoproteins. CDG-IA, relate...

Genes Behind Heart Defect In Down Syndrome Identified
Scientists have identified two genes behind heart defect in people suffering from the Down syndrome. The genes, when produced at elevated levels, work together to disrupt cardiac development...

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