Researchers have dosed the first participant in a clinical trial of an investigational medicine designed to lower the amount ...

We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.” ...

“It’s just an extra chromosome; we are not different,” she said, reinforcing the importance of awareness and acceptance.

Ernesto Pérez Rodríguez, a Facebook user, recently highlighted the dire circumstances of Jonathan, a seven-year-old Cuban boy ...

UTA scientists reveal how the flowerpot snake repairs DNA and provides insights into human genetic conditions like Down ...

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The date, “3/21” symbolizes the triplication of the 21st chromosome — the genetic cause of Down syndrome, which was discovered by Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, a Catholic doctor on his way to sainthood.

To mark World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, Fox News contributor Tom Shillue headed to Times Square to speak with a father of a girl with Down syndrome about common misperceptions.

Raising awareness, encouraging inclusion, and defending the rights of people with Down syndrome are the goals of this unique day. The uniqueness of the 21st chromosome triplication, the genetic ...