More Than 90% of Adults With Down Syndrome Will Develop Alzheimer's Disease. A Pitt Researcher is Working to Change That.
September 15, 2026
September 15, 2026
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine issued the following news:
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More than 90% of Adults with Down Syndrome Will Develop Alzheimer's Disease. A Pitt Researcher is Working to Change That.
By Shannon Turgeon
Scientists have made major strides in Down syndrome research over the past several decades: In the early 1950s, the life expectancy of a person born with Down syndrome was around 15 . . .
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More than 90% of Adults with Down Syndrome Will Develop Alzheimer's Disease. A Pitt Researcher is Working to Change That.
By Shannon Turgeon
Scientists have made major strides in Down syndrome research over the past several decades: In the early 1950s, the life expectancy of a person born with Down syndrome was around 15 . . .