From the Akron Beacon Journal "After years of preparation, this past January DSA Biobank opened for business and began accepting applications from researchers… "Soon after DSA Biobank opened, they received their first application for biospecimens. Dr. Dimitrious Karamichos at the University of North Texas Health Science Center is studying an...
A note from our President on the COVID-19 Pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to touch our lives on a daily basis, our mission at DownSyndrome Achieves has remained constant: to help facilitate the discovery of new treatments and therapies that ultimately improve the health and well-being of people with Down syndrome and others. This mission is made all...
COVID-19 and Down Syndrome
For up-to-date information about COVID-19, as it relates to people with Down syndrome, check out LuMind IDSC Foundation's excellent resource page here.
Statement by DownSyndrome Achieves CEO, Lito Ramirez, on the Launch of DSA Biobank Operations at Lee Specialty Clinic
In December 2015, DownSyndrome Achieves launched an effort to develop a centralized and dedicated biobank for Down syndrome research that would serve as an open resource seeking to conduct studies that improve the health and well-being of individuals with Down syndrome and others. That's why I'm so pleased to announce...
DownSyndrome Achieves CEO, Lito Ramirez, Joins National Campaign Urging Continued Funding for Research Innovation
https://youtu.be/7v-j8tX9Tyk Lito Ramirez: Sacrificing even one future medicine is unacceptable DownSyndrome Achieves, CEO, Lito Ramirez, recently appeared in a national television ad campaign called "Voters for Cures" which urges balancing the need for affordable drugs and the need for research innovations.
Bycel Joins DownSyndrome Achieves Board
DownSyndrome Achieves is pleased to announce Moti Bycel, of Berkeley, CA, has been appointed Board Director, effective January 31, 2020. Moti currently serves as an Operations Lead with Lyft, a ridesharing company based in San Francisco. He is also father to Arlo and Ayala, his young daughter who has Down...