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

Landmark legislation that extends at-home behavioral therapies to children diagnosed with Down syndrome has been signed into law as of Jan. 9. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome ...

Down syndrome — which also occurs in great apes ... at the Australian National University specializing in Neanderthal behavior, who was not involved in the study, said in an email.

A century after Down syndrome was first described, scientists discovered that the root cause of this disorder is a condition called trisomy 21. What strides in research have been made since then?

Amanda Booth is getting incredibly vulnerable on Instagram, crowdsourcing advice for how to best help her son. The model and mom of one shares 10-year-old Micah with husband Mike Quinones, and their ...

Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality that ... cognitive function and behavioral change to catch a health problem at an early stage. “It is difficult for anybody to detect a first sign ...

The easiest way to find out, they say, is to conduct clinical trials on people for whom the onset of Alzheimer’s is nearly guaranteed: those with Down’s syndrome. As the life expectancy of ...