• Mouse models have frequently been used to study Down syndrome due to the close similarity in the genomes of mice and humans, and the prevalence of mice...
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    mouse model systems include mouse models of colorectal and intestinal cancer, mouse models of Down syndrome and mouse models of breast cancer metastasis...
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    Down syndrome (United States) or Down's syndrome (United Kingdom and other English-speaking nations), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused...
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    eyes with down-slanting palpebral fissures, receding mandible and intellectual disability. A mouse model has been developed. This mouse model is characterized...
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    Filippis B, Laviola G (2008). "Mouse models of Rett syndrome: From behavioural phenotyping to preclinical evaluation of new therapeutic approaches". Behavioural...
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  • Charles Epstein (geneticist) (category Members of the National Academy of Medicine)
    chairman of the medical genetics division in the pediatrics department of UC San Francisco. He did research on making a mouse model for Down syndrome. Epstein...
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    Tsuneko Okazaki (category Recipients of the Order of Culture)
    2014). "A novel mouse model for Down syndrome that harbor a single copy of human artificial chromosome (HAC) carrying a limited number of genes from human...
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    seen within dogs and mouse models, the genetic mutation has not been seen to manifest in humans. Symptoms due to Sanfilippo Syndrome arise because the body...
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    abbreviations for Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule. In humans, DSCAM refers to a gene that encodes one of several protein isoforms. Down syndrome (DS), caused...
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    biomarker for 7-dehydrocholesterol oxidation in cell/mouse models for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome". The Journal of Lipid Research. 52 (6): 1222–33. doi:10.1194/jlr...
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