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It’s #WorldDownSyndromeDay📅
The EU is funding projects & initiatives aimed at advancing knowledge about Down syndrome and improving the lives of people living with it.
Discover 2 #EUfunded research projects in this thread ⤵
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_HaDEA/status/1638097337972039681
#HorizonEU @ICOD_Project is developing the 1st pharmacological therapy for cognitive impairment in people with #DownSyndrome
The project aims to perform the first-in-human clinical trials and to make it accessible to patients worldwide
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_HaDEA/status/1638097343403683841
Some conditions, such as obesity, appear at a much higher rate in individuals with #DownSyndrome
#H2020 @GO_DS21 investigates the underlying causes of these pathologies to better understand, treat and prevent them and to improve the quality of life of people with Down syndrome
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_HaDEA/status/1638097341541502977