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 ...

ROSWELL, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Girl Scout is earning the organization’s top honor for a program bringing people ...

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.

Tel Aviv University researchers have made a remarkable discovery that could revolutionize our understanding of genetic mutations and their role in brain development.

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 ...

Study finds mosaicism in Down syndrome reduces Alzheimer's risk, providing new insights into genetic influences on cognitive ...

Geneticists looking inside the nuclear genome for mutations that contribute to disease have long relied on a principal known ...