Down's syndrome cells 'fixed' in first step towards chromosome therapy

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Scientists have corrected the genetic fault that causes Down's syndrome – albeit in isolated cells – raising the prospect of a radical therapy for the disorder.


In an elegant series of experiments, US researchers took cells from people with DS and silenced the extra chromosome that causes the condition. A treatment based on the work remains a distant hope, but scientists in the field said the feat was the first major step towards a "chromosome therapy" for Down's syndrome.


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Down's syndrome cells 'fixed' in first step towards chromosome therapy | Science | The Guardian
 
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Christianna

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Very good news , especially now when we see people waiting until they are considered older to have children.
 
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A scary step forward for man kind. If a plausible therapy is developed, will parents be withholding medical care if they don't 'fix' their 'broken' children?
 
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karrie said:
A scary step forward for man kind. If a plausible therapy is developed, will parents be withholding medical care if they don't 'fix' their 'broken' children?
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Proves there's nothing so good that some zealots can't make a bad thing of it.

The deaf community has a similar problem here. When a child is born deaf, its parents will be blitzed by doctors, audiologists, and every other kind of specialist insisting that the child be "fixed" with a cochlear implant. The deaf community likes to think its members aren't abnormal or subnormal.
 
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