Are Down Syndrome Therapies Similar to Alzehimer's Disease Therapies? (0:23)
There is evidence of significant connections between Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome. HealthMaker William Mobley, MD, PhD, explains the similarities in treatments in this video.
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So, they all come from understanding where genes and mechanisms are at play. They all target those genes and mechanisms to turn it back to normal if you will, and the case of Alzheimer's disease related work, yes, the approaches we would use are approaches that are almost certainly would be of relative value, perhaps great value in people with Alzehimer's disease.
William Mobley, MD, PhD, is chair of the Department of Neurosciences at UCSD and a leading expert on Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. He discusses the surprising link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's.
