Is There Any Research Being Done to Cure Down Syndrome?

Published March 18, 2014

Question by Tina: Is there any research being done to cure Down syndrome?

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Answer by Oisin
unless you find out the baby has down syndrome when its still a embryo I don’t think it can be cured

Answer by Robert
Down syndrome (DS) or Down’s syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. Can’t cure it.

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