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Posted on Jan 30, 2004, 6 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Now, although that goal remains beyond the horizon, a growing number of reputable researchers at universities such as Stanford and Columbia say they can foresee a time when they'll be able to break the link between Down syndrome and retardation. Armed with an array of new tools -- from genome mapping and stem cells to genetically engineered mice and a deepening understanding of Alzheimer's disease -- they are trying to pinpoint just how the extra chromosome of Down syndrome leads to retardation and a host of other problems.
Now, although that goal remains beyond the horizon, a growing number of reputable researchers at universities such as Stanford and Columbia say they can foresee a time when they'll be able to break the link between Down syndrome and retardation. Armed with an array of new tools -- from genome mapping and stem cells to genetically engineered mice and a deepening understanding of Alzheimer's disease -- they are trying to pinpoint just how the extra chromosome of Down syndrome leads to retardation and a host of other problems.
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