Lab work raises potential for gene therapy breakthrough in Down syndrome

A first step toward chromosome treatment for Down sydrome, also known as trisomy 21, was revealed this week when a Nature study published online Wednesday described how a US team used a naturally occurring genetic technique to silence the extra chromosome responsible for the genetic disorder. Down syndrome occurs when instead of having 23 pairs of chromosomes, including a pair of sex chromosomes, the affected individual has three copies of chromosome 21...
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