With an $11 million "transformative research" grant, scientists are setting out to do what hasn't been done before: chart how Down syndrome disrupts molecular pathways and alters the brain before birth.
A brain atlas of Down syndrome, by UW-Madison researchers using stem cells, could propel drugs to reduce intellectual disability, an idea that has parents split.
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Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited intellectual disability, may be unfolding in brain cells even before birth, despite typically going undiagnosed until age 3 or later.