[Svartalfiar]

Wouldn’t this have to be done right after conception? At a time when you certainly would not know the child was downs. Seems rather impossible.

At a future technology level? Not necessarily.. There might be ways to fix a number of cells, reintroduce them to the patient, and have progressive improvement as the corrected cells multiply. Probably not a 100% cure, but a solid treatment that moves every patient halfway up the ladder. If every full Down's kid could shift to Mosaic Down's, that would represent a 10-25 pt IQ shift for the condition as a whole. And greatly reduce the severity and range of the many comorbidities that Down's tend to acquire.

[Republican Wildcat]

Good point. of course you would still have the “uncorrected” cells also multiplying. But that seems to be what you imply the rest of the post as to why it would be a cure or 100% prevention. But yes, I see the point of how that would be a vast improvement for these individuals, and many of the problems some of them have is not the learning disability.

[Republican Wildcat]

Good point. of course you would still have the “uncorrected” cells also multiplying. But that seems to be what you imply the rest of the post as to why it would *not* be a cure or 100% prevention. But yes, I see the point of how that would be a vast improvement for these individuals, and many of the problems some of them have is not the learning disability.