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Friday 5 June 2015

Research news and commentary #4 for 2015


Cause of regression in individuals with Down syndrome identified
University of Missouri-Columbia,  12th May 2015
Individuals with regressive Down syndrome return to baseline functioning when treated for Catatonia ...
The research paper is available online by open access:
Catatonia in Down syndrome; a treatable cause of regressionNeera Ghaziuddin, Armin Nassiri and Judith Miles, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 2015; 11: 941-949. Published online 2nd April 2015 doi: 10.2147/NDT.S77307
Down Syndrome, Other Intellectual Disorders, Possibly Controlled With Cancer Drugs
Chris Weller, Medical Daily, 19th May 2015
A class of drugs normally used to treat cancer has shown early success in fruit-fly models at minimizing the expression of Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome, a new study reports ...

June Shannon, The Irish Times, 19th May 2015
...one of the most difficult things for families and carers is that having cared for their loved one with ID at home for many years and supporting them to live as independently as possible, when a diagnosis of dementia forces them to seek residential or respite care, the supports they need are not always available...

Studying Down syndrome might help us understand Alzheimer’s disease better
Elizabeth Head, The Conversation, 5th May 2015
... in people with Down syndrome there is an age-dependent progression of changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. This makes it much easier to map when and what kinds of changes happen in the brain in the early stages of the disease.

If we can understand how and when changes in the brain start to happen in people with Down syndrome, that could help us find ways to slow or prevent Alzheimer’s disease in this vulnerable group and for others with Alzheimer’s ...

Direct Payments: Are they working well for people with learning disabilities or dementia who lack mental capacity to consent? 
Learning Disability Elf, 29th May 2015
Direct payments can offer greater choice and control (Harkes et al 2012), but this research has identified that little is known about how these are working in practice for those people who lack the capacity to consent to receiving one ...

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