Scientists in Japan have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome.

Japanese scientists may have rewritten the future of Down syndrome research by using gene editing to remove the extra ...

Down syndrome includes a range of symptoms that could result from oxidative stress, Bhattacharyya says, including accelerated aging. "In their 40s, Down syndrome individuals age very quickly.

Down syndrome includes a range of symptoms that could result from oxidative stress, Bhattacharyya says, including accelerated aging. "In their 40s, Down syndrome individuals age very quickly.

In Down syndrome, the third copy of chromosome 21 causes a reorganization of the 3D configuration of the entire genome in a key cell type of the developing brain, a new study shows. The resulting ...

As October marks World Down Syndrome Awareness Month, it’s an opportune time to learn and support those with the condition. About 5,700 babies are born in the U.S. with Down syndrome each year ...

Down syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by an extra copy of the 21st chromosome (trisomy 21), affects around one in every 1,000 individuals and raises the chance of developing pediatric ...

He said research at the Jerome Lejeune Institute in Paris has 50 infants with Down syndrome, between 6-18 months old, undergoing treatments with folinic acid and thyroid hormone.

For decades scientists have known that people with Down syndrome, who have an extra copy of chromosome 21, get certain types of cancer at dramatically lower rates than normal. Now, partly by using ...

Down syndrome, also called trisomy 21, is the most common chromosomal disease in the US; around 1 out of every 700 babies are born with the condition. The study authors write that while recent ...

Scientists have used gene editing to remove the extra chromosome causing Down syndrome in lab-grown cells. A major step ...