For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by abnormal cell division during the early ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute have identified a missing molecule, pleiotrophin, as a possible key to repairing faulty ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Friday is World Down Syndrome Day. It is observed on March 21 to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21 chromosome, which causes Down Syndrome. One way everyone is ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with DS—approximately 2,600—also have congenital heart defects (CHDs).

Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that require surgery in the first months of life. For decades, scientists have ...

Twenty-two years ago, on St. Patrick’s Day 2002, my wife and I were given the gift of our son, Leo Patrick, who was born with Down syndrome. Actually, to be more accurate, we had been given the gift ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hundreds of people enjoyed Saturday morning in downtown Louisville by walking for a good cause. Kindness Warrior Walk at Waterfront Park was held on Saturday. The walk, which ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by abnormal cell division during the early stages of the development of the ...