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Down Syndrome Research at the NIH Presentation
January 21,2010

Trisomy 21 Translational Research Parity Act Introduced in Congress
December 2009

DSRTF Grant Award Recipients Discover a New Potential Therapeutic Strategy to Improve Cognition in Down Syndrome
November 2009

DSRTF-funded Study Suggests a New Potential Therapeutic Approach for Cognitive Disabilities in People with Down Syndrome
November 2009

DSRTF Awards $1.4 Million for New Research Grants to Advance Cognition Research and Potential New Therapies in Down Syndrome
November 2009

DSRTF is awarded the NDSC Pueschel Memorial Research Award
August 2009

DSRTF Awards New $250,000 Extension of Research Innovation Grant to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Researchers
November 2008

DSRTF Congratulates Dr. William Mobley on Additional New Role in Colorado Institute focused on Down Syndrome
September 2008

DSRTF Awards New Innovation Research Grant for more than $110,000 to Drs. Lynn Nadel and Jamie Edgin, University of Arizona
August 2008

DSRTF Awards New $880,000 Research Center Grant to Stanford School of Medicine Researchers
April 2008

NIH Issues Finalized Research Plan on Down Syndrome
January 2008

Genetic Role Discovered for Lower Incidence of Solid Tumors Cancers in Down Syndrome
January 2008

Hopkins Researcher Awarded DSRTF Grant to Pursue Potential Down Syndrome Treatment
October 31, 2007 - Johns Hopkins Medicine

DSRTF Awards New $250,000 Research Grant to Dr. Roger Reeves, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, for Novel Potential Therapeutic Target to Address Cognitive Impairment in Down Syndrome
October 30, 2007 – DSRTF Press Release

Drug Used to Treat Dementia in Alzheimer’s Disease Reported to Improve Memory in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
August 21, 2007 – DSRTF Press Release

Fragile X, Down Syndromes Linked to Faulty Brain Communication, Stanford Researcher Finds
Apr 10 2007 - Business Wire

Drug Shows Demonstrated Ability to Improve Cognitive Function in DS Mice
Feb 25, 2007 – DSRTF Press Release

Pharmacotherapy for Cognitive Impairment in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome
February 25, 2007  -  Nature and NeuroScience

Inaugural DSRTF Scientific Advisory Board Meeting
February 2007 - DSRTF Press Release

About DSRTF’s Scientific Advisory Board
January 2007- DSRTF Press Release

An Extra Copy of the App Gene Causes Degeneration of Brain Cells in a Down Syndrome Mouse Model
July 2006 - Stanford Down Syndrome Research Center

Increased App Expression in a Mouse Model of Down's Syndrome Disrupts NGF Transport and Causes Cholinergic Neuron Degeneration
July 2006 - Neuron

Research stirs hope on Down syndrome
July 2006 - Boston Globe

Stanford’s Down Syndrome Breakthrough
July 2006 - ABC 7 (KGO) News

Piracetam and Down Syndrome
May 2006 - Stanford University School of Medicine

Mouse Model Systems for Studying Down Syndrome

Debating DS Research – Families Want Work to provide Direct Benefits to Those with the Condition
September 6, 2005 | Wall Street Journal

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Donates $25,000 to DSRTF
August 19, 2005 - DSRTF Press Release

Dallas DSRTF Fundraiser Set for August 19
August 8, 2005 - DSRTF Press Release

"Cookin' With Congress" DSRTF Fundraiser Raises Money for Down Syndrome Research
May 4, 2005

DSRTF Submits Statement to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on Funding Down Syndrome Research at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
April 15, 2005

Tennessee Dad Pushes Mice for Down Syndrome Research
March 14, 2005 - KnoxNews.com

Two Middle School Students Start Adopt-a-Mouse of Northern Virginia
February 1, 2005

Wachovia Foundation Becomes DSRTF's First Corporate Sponsor
January 15, 2005

NINDS Schedules Down Syndrome Research Meeting
January 12, 2005

NBC Reports on Adopt-a-Mouse Effort in Houston
January 7, 2005

U.S. House and Senate Committees Encourage NIH to Increase Research on DS Cognition
December 2004

Congress Appropriates $1 Million for Down Syndrome Studies
December 2004

Congress Approves Funding for DSRTF
December 2004

NIH Increases Funding for Mice
November 2004

Dr. William Mobley Testifies before House Appropriations Subcommittee
March 30, 2004