Down syndrome affects around one in 640 children born in the US every year, and is the most common genetic cause of ...

Patients with Down syndrome and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia tended to have higher rates of treatment-related deaths and poorer overall survival than those without Down syndrome. Patients with ...

Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that ...

Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and experience higher rates of relapse and treatment toxicity. In recent decades, new therapies have ...

People with Down syndrome helped scientists pave the way for Alzheimer’s drugs but are now left out of the treatment. The clinical trials for new Alzheimer’s disease treatment drugs — which ...

Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule essential for the development and function of the nervous system, according to a new ...

Individuals with Down syndrome show reduced visual acuity and visual image quality compared with individuals without Down syndrome.

When most parents hear a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis, they’re afraid. They’re afraid of what it might mean for their child, and what it might mean for themselves. I’m not afraid of Down syndrome.