It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder in which an individual has three copies of chromosome 21, instead of two. From birth, people with Down syndrome experience physical and intellectual delays ...

Two women aborted healthy babies because they were wrongly told their offspring would have serious genetic conditions, an ...

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.

As medical research advances, genetic testing is becoming an important tool, giving us insight into disease risk, especially ...

As he read through the literature, he began to notice overlaps between Down syndrome and more severe genetic disorders that stem from over-producing interferons—molecules that open the innate immune ...

Over the years, scientists have attempted to map the genetic determinants of CHD on chromosome 21 ... mitochondrial function in embryonic heart cells. “They used this Down syndrome mouse model to do a ...

With March 21 marking World Down Syndrome Day, experts say Japan lacks sufficient medical institutions that offer specialized medical care to people with the genetic disorder after they reach ...

Lack of information about genetic conditions has led to misconceptions ... failing to get basic care like education. This month is down syndrome awareness month. Down syndrome is a chromosomal ...