Devon Larratt

Yeah, but you have really unusual genes.

There was a thing that they were talking about last night in the green room.

See if you could find this.

They think they might have figured out a way to end Down syndrome.

They think they might have figured out a way with genetic engineering, with CRISPR or whatever they're using, whatever modalities they're using to end Down syndrome.

Which is wild.

Well, it probably will be in the future as these all these techniques and all this new stuff comes out.

CRISPR takes a bold leap toward silencing Down syndrome's extra chromosome.

Wow.

So scientists have taken an important step towards a gene therapy that could one day turn off the genetic material that causes Down syndrome.

Down syndrome is a genetic condition caused by an extra chromosome, 21, and consequently hundreds of triplicate genes that lead to developmental and neurological issues.

According to Washington-based National Down Syndrome Society, one in every 640 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome.

That makes it the most common chromosomal condition.

So what is it doing here?

Okay, so Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School found a way to silence much of the extra chromosomes activity in the cell at once.

Details of the research are published in a paper in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Wow.

So what is weird about your genes, though?

Ryan told me, but I don't remember.

He goes, you got to talk to him about his genes.