Trisomy 18 is normally fatal within weeks of birth. But some parents are getting more time — with surgeries, luck and an ...

CRISPR gene editing shows potential for treating genetic diseases. Explore how it may impact Down syndrome treatment and future healthcare ethics.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they unexpectedly found new information about a protein’s special role in getting ...

Japanese scientists may have rewritten the future of Down syndrome research by using gene editing to remove the extra ...

Janet Charchuk knows that having Down syndrome puts her at higher risk of getting Alzheimer's disease at a younger age than the average person.

Janet Charchuk knows that having Down syndrome puts her at higher risk of getting Alzheimer's disease at a younger age than the average person. "It is something that I do worry about at times," she ...

Many scientists view Down’s syndrome as a genetic form of Alzheimer’s because the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene lies on chromosome 21. The extra dose of APP in DS causes amyloid to amass in the ...

For Quarbin DeGroshe, a 21-year-old from Duchesne County with Down syndrome, the ferris wheel at Lagoon is a clear favorite.

The moment remains frozen in photographer Larry Hersberger’s mind, as if the camera he uses to make a living had captured a stark, black-and-white image of the small, drab room ...

At just 17 years old, Ava Perlin is a published children's book author. Her book, One in a Millieon, is a tribute to her little sister Millie.

The study is based on a large cohort of 259 adults with Down syndrome and 138 euploid controls (individuals without Down syndrome), all of whom underwent high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging ...