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Innovations to Improve Quality of Life The mission of the TTIA program is to commercialize technology that will improve the quality of life for people with Down Syndrome and other…
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About Down Syndrome
In 1958, following advances in genetic research, the British scientist Pat Jacobs and French scientist Jérôme Lejeune discovered the syndrome’s chromosomal cause. This is when DS started being recognized as…
MIT & Alana Statement
The progress achieved over the past few decades has been astounding. For example, we have developed artificial intelligence and created sustainable and efficient energy alternatives. We have also taken significant…
Brain Wave Stimulation May Improve Alzheimer’s Symptoms
This noninvasive treatment, which works by inducing brain waves known as gamma oscillations, also greatly reduced the number of amyloid plaques found in the brains of these mice. Plaques were…
ADSC Fellows
Research Fellows Cristina Blanco Duque, Alana Fellow Dr. Blanco joined the Tsai lab to study the interactions of Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and sleep. The Tsai lab has previously shown…
Mapping the brain at high resolution
The new technology combines a method for expanding brain tissue, making it possible to image at higher resolution, with a rapid 3-D microscopy technique known as lattice light-sheet microscopy. In…
Study helps explain varying outcomes for cancer, Down Syndrome
Aneuploidy is a condition in which cells contain an abnormal number of chromosomes, and is known to be the cause of many types of cancer and genetic disorders, including Down…
Blending complementary expertise, Tsai and Kellis labs tackle brain diseases
In their collaboration to help elucidate and mitigate Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions, the labs of neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and computer scientist Manolis Kellis are two sides of the…