Down syndrome

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Participants like Ayman Make Research Possible

Ayman, 23, enjoys playing the drums and working at MOD Pizza — he was even in one of MOD’s TV commercials.

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$3.5 Million to Study Down Syndrome and the Immune System

What goes wrong in the immune system that causes autoimmune disease or limits its ability to fight infections?

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Research Fuels Change: One Family’s Motivation to Participate

Find out what inspired one family to participate in BRI's COVID-19 vaccine study for people with Down syndrome.

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Understanding Down Syndrome and Autoimmunity

New research sheds light on how having Down syndrome impacts the immune system.

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Why Down Syndrome Holds Key Clues about Autoimmunity

Almost half of Down Syndrome patients have autoimmune diseases – but no one knows why. That’s why Dr. Rebecca Partridge and BRI’s Dr. Bernard Khor are leading one of the first studies that investigates autoimmunity in people with DS.

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About 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases have a tendency to develop additional autoimmune diseases.

Mystery Of Multiple Autoimmune Diseases

About 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases have a tendency to develop additional autoimmune diseases.

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Bernard Khor, MD, PhD

Building a Lab and a Biorepository

For Bernard Khor, MD, PhD, scientific research has a distinct connection with another one of his passions: food.