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One of the cool things of being the blog owner is that you can see all the search terms people put in to get to your page. I have found that a few times every week people find my blog by searching for Translocation 21, Translocation 21;21, Robertsonian Trisomy, Chances of Having a baby with DS with Translocation Trisomy etc.
I would really ...
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Tue 27 Jan 2009 6:30pm
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Q: What is Down Syndrome?
A: Down syndrome, known commonly (although not always) as Trisomy 21, is a chromosomal disorder that is believed to occur at conception. As the result of and extra, or “copied” chromosome that the developing fetus possesses, the child with Down syndrome is born with a combination of physical ...
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Tue 06 Oct 2009 10:02pm
The most common of the three types of Down Syndrome is often referred to as Trisomy 21. About 95% of people with Down Syndrome have this. This type of Down Syndrome occurs because of an error in cell division. The error happens either before or at the time of conception. What happens is that a pair of the 21st chromosomes in either the egg ...
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Mon 03 May 2010 7:51am
A recent friend asked if I've ever written a history of events for the blog. I have, but it's been a while. After Lisa asked, it occurred to me that a brief recap of the last three years would be helpful to new readers. I promised to dash one off only to be stymied by other engagements.
When I did find the time to sit and write, I couldn't ...
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Tue 26 Jan 2010 10:11am
With a sister like Ainsley we have a lot of medical jargon flying around in conversations at our house. What's a brother to do?
Actually I'm kidding, I can't take credit for this other than he's my kid and I filmed the performance. Adrian's Kindergarten teacher (who is an amazing song writer and educator) wrote this song and taught it ...
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Thu 21 Apr 2011 8:56am
Welcome to the very first edition of Third Thursday Thoughts, brought to you by the wonderful people at Hearts at Home ! Every third Thursday of the month, we’ll be sharing our thoughts on the topic of the month. This month’s topic: Have you experienced any miracles in your life? This was an easy one for me because I experienced a double ...
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Thu 28 Jan 2010 5:05pm
This is a large breakthrough in the fact that new drugs can be designed and perhaps less toxic to attack specific targets. As mentioned this study will appear in PLos Genetics journal. Look at the computing power here, as the article states results were analyzed more than a billion times.
As the press release additionally states ...
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