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Too Good to Be True: Reflections on a Down Syndrome Clinical Trial

March 24, 2021

Ph.D. candidate Anna Moyer reflects on the bittersweet outcome of a clinical trial in children with Down syndrome.

Anna Moyer ⋅ Perspectives in Research clinical trial, down syndrome, pharmaceuticals, Research ⋅

Anna with her siblings

Things My Brother Sam Can’t Talk About

February 20, 2019

Photo credit: Kelly Valeri When my younger brother, Sam, was 14 years old, he went outside, stripped to his white, Fruit of the Loom underwear, tipped over a plastic wagon and yelled, “Uh-oh!” He was re-enacting a scene from the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, though no one in my family knew it […]

Anna Moyer ⋅ A Day in the Life down syndrome, genes, Genetics ⋅

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