Showing posts with label drug trial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug trial. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Intellectually Disabled Get a Say in Drug Trials
from WSJ Live:
New drug trials for disorders like Down syndrome and Fragile X are presenting researchers with a dilemma: how to make sure people with intellectual disabilities consent to join. Amy Dockser Marcus and Massachusetts General Hospital's Brian Skotko discuss.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
How Down syndrome may help unravel Alzheimer's puzzle
by Linda Carroll from NBC NEWS Today:
Scientists have known for decades that people with Down syndrome were at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but they didn’t know why. Some researchers now believe that understanding the connection between the two conditions might help us unravel the Alzheimer’s puzzle and point towards therapies that might slow, or even halt, the dreaded disease.
“It’s a tantalizing and provocative question: Do people with Down syndrome hold the key to the mystery of Alzheimer’s development?” Dr. Brian Skotko, co-director of the Down Syndrome Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a telephone interview. “And what can we learn from those with Down syndrome that will benefit the rest of the population?”
Scientists have known for decades that people with Down syndrome were at increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, but they didn’t know why. Some researchers now believe that understanding the connection between the two conditions might help us unravel the Alzheimer’s puzzle and point towards therapies that might slow, or even halt, the dreaded disease.
“It’s a tantalizing and provocative question: Do people with Down syndrome hold the key to the mystery of Alzheimer’s development?” Dr. Brian Skotko, co-director of the Down Syndrome Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in a telephone interview. “And what can we learn from those with Down syndrome that will benefit the rest of the population?”
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