October Updates From The Chromosome 18 Clinical Research Center

World Chromosome 18 Day 2026 is just around the corner! Join us on Sunday, November 15th on Zoom starting at 11:00am CT for a day-long broadcast featuring educational sessions with experts, connection times, and more!

Some highlights from this year's World Chromosome 18 Day will include:

• Research update and Q&A with Dr. Cody
• Trisomy 18 presentation with Dr. John Carey
• Endocrinology presentation with Dr. Hale
• Biostatistics presentation with Dr. Gelfond
• Global Connection times for Australasia, Europe, and Canada
• Syndrome breakout groups
• Sibling activity
• Self-Advocate Activity
• and more! Check out the tentative schedule HERE.

If you couldn't make it to the Annual Family Conference in San Antonio this summer, this is a great opportunity to join our virtual "mini-Conference!"

This month, Dr. Cody shares an article on the numbers of people potentially affected by a chromosome 18 condition in the U.S. Check out her article below:

How Many People Are There with a Chromosome 18 Condition?

The chromosome 18 conditions might be rare or even ultra-rare, but chromosome abnormalities in total are common. Since they get named by chromosome region, there are a multitude of names like 1p36, 11q- and dup 22q11.2. The variety of names of conditions obscure the fact they have a unity and a commonness of mechanism; an abnormal number of copies of perfectly normal genes. Conditions caused by the deletion or duplication of regions with multiple contiguous genes make up about 29% of those with intellectual disability. ...Click HERE to read the full article.

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Do you have questions about anything in this email? Contact the Clinical Research Center for more information at chromosome18@uthscsa.edu