Question: When ‘World Down Syndrome Day’ is celebrated?
(a) March 25
(b) March 24
(c) march 22
(d) March 21
Answer- (d)
Related Facts:
- On March 21st, 2018, World Down Sydrome Day was celebrated all over the world.
- The main theme of this day in the year 2018 is – ‘What can I bring for my community’.
- To demonstrate the specificity of trisomy of 21 chromosomes, the 21st of the third month of the year was selected as this day, which causes Down syndrome.
- The nameDown syndrome was named after British doctor John Langdon Down who first discovered the syndrome (medical condition) in 1866.
- 1 out of the estimated 1000 children in the world is born with Down syndrome.
What is Down syndrome?
- Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, which is caused by the presence of an additional chromosome in pair of 21 chromosomes.
- Most of the people of most people have 46 chromosomes, but people with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes in them and because of this, they look different and learn differently.
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