The human brain begins to assemble itself shortly after conception as a growing number of brain cells connect to create circuits across the brain. Genes provide the blueprint for construction, but ...

Could diagnosing rare genetic disorders one day be as simple as snapping a picture with a smartphone? That’s what a new study suggests. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health’s National ...

By Mike Albanese According to data from the Mayo Clinic, DiGeorge Syndrome—or commonly known as 22q—is a condition caused when part of chromosome 22 is missing. 22q impacts one in every 4,000 people—a ...

With her husband detained by ICE and sent to Washington state, a Troy mother struggles to care for a baby with DiGeorge syndrome and her other children amid mounting bills as she weighs next steps.

Purpose: Patients with microdeletion of chromosome 22q11.2 (del22q11) were studied, in order to evaluate auxological parameters and to correlate growth patterns with the presence of main clinical ...

DiGeorge syndrome (DGS; also known as Velo-cardio-facial syndrome) is associated with hemizygous deletion of a region of human chromosome 22q11, causing a range of abnormalities including ...

Down syndrome is an easily recognized, well-known genetic disorder. But there is another genetic disorder that even more babies are born with and it is rarely talked about. It is called 22q11.2 ...

Devin Booker’s little sister Mya Powell motivates him every day Life is admittedly "bigger than basketball" for Devin Booker. The Phoenix Suns player is a big brother to sister Mya Powell, who is ...