The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.

Each year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) marks a global day of awareness and education about the genetic condition. The goal is to "help people understand and support those with Down ...

For his final capstone project, Snyder, a Rochester Native, directed a short film called Turn Table. The film spins a tale of ...

linked the dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier and inflammation in the central nervous system with Down syndrome ...

When my son was born with Down syndrome, I learned quickly that the smallest details of medical care can have an extensive ...

Down syndrome results from an extra copy of chromosome 21 and affects physical and cognitive development Early medical care, speech therapy, and inclusive education improve quality of life for ...

The 6-year-old child of a South African couple living in Waikato is being threatened with deportation because he has Down ...

Researchers have dosed the first participant in a clinical trial of an investigational medicine designed to lower the amount ...

The first baseman has a very personal reason for wearing No. 21. It represents Trisomy 21, which is also known as Down Syndrome. Burger and his wife Ashlyn’s second child, Penelope, who was born ...

The Spring family of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the subject of two documentaries, as six of their 12 children were born with Down syndrome. Leah Spring's fifth child was born with Down syndrome ...