With $29 Million In Backing, MIT Launches Down Syndrome Center

25th March, 2019

29 March 2019, Down Syndrome, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Boston.com]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a received a nearly $29 million gift the university says will be used to enhance research and improve the lives of people with Down syndrome.

MIT in an announcement Wednesday said the $28.6 million gift from the Brazil-based Alana Foundation to establish the Alana Down Syndrome Center will combine the expertise of scientists and engineers in an effort to increase understanding of the biology and neuroscience of Down syndrome.

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