Local teen, Elliot Dougherty, will be traveling to Denver, Colorado as one of 18 models for the Global Down Syndrome ...

Did your dad pass on the curse of sneezing in bright sunlight? And where did your baby’s red, curly hair come from when there ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have taken another decisive step in their efforts to develop a gene therapy for people ...

Alzheimer dementia occurs at higher rates among adults with Down syndrome with a mean onset at age 54.5 and a disease duration of 4.6 years.

The 18-year-old was born with Down syndrome, but that really didn’t change the way his parents raised him. Wes’ dad, Robert, says the genetic disorder is a limitation, cognitively and physically, but ...

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of genetic association studies from the US Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project , UK Biobank, Finnish health registry, ...

Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes are found in many plants, animals, and fungi and rely upon various ...

Jack DowDell, a 14-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, was born with Down syndrome. Years later, his parents Kimberly and ...

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Many people are unfamiliar with a disorder called 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome or 22q. Which is ...

While uncommon, the defect is very common among children born with another condition – Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome. So common, in fact, it was the presence of this defect that alerted ...

Wet carcass syndrome continues to take a huge financial toll on South African sheep farmers. Octavia Avesca Spandiel spoke to ...

IN BANGLADESH, there exists a pervasive misconception that Down syndrome is a disease, a misunderstanding that significantly ...