Down’s syndrome, one of the most common genetic disorders in children, occurs when there are three instead of the two usual copies of the chromosome 21 due to an ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — People with Down syndrome face a higher risk of developing leukemia. Now researchers explain why, by identifying specific changes in blood cells of people with Down ...

A genetic screen can potentially diagnose more than 1,200 genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities. If you were a medical geneticist, how would you pick the best test for your patient?

A century after Down syndrome was first described ... many children with mental retardation shared a common set of facial features, including an upward slant to the eye, a flat nose, and a ...

The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, causing mild to moderate cognitive disability, developmental delays and physical ...