went viral after she discovered that not only would she be having a third baby with trisomy 21 — also known as Down syndrome — but she herself had tested positive for the mutation. In a series ...

A genetic screen can potentially diagnose more than 1,200 genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities. If you were a medical geneticist, how would you pick the best test for your patient ...

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?

One example is Down syndrome, in which the person has an ... meaning your parents had the mutation in their DNA and it became ...

When the filmmaker Jonatas Rubert was a child, his parents explained to him that his younger brother, Tiago, had Down syndrome. Rubert didn’t really know what that meant, nor did he care.

"Both sides are beautiful and you'd have to have very poor taste to not agree," a fan responded to an edited photo of Ice Spice and a woman with Down syndrome Jack Irvin has over five years of ...

A manikin created to look like it has Down's syndrome is being used to train hospital staff. Great Western Hospital, in Swindon, is using the child-sized manikin called Gwen to teach staff how to ...

At 12 weeks, Ela Hersberger found out her daughter Anna Rose would be born with Down syndrome. Even after she and her husband decided to move forward with the pregnancy, she faced challenges from ...

The England Under-21s head coach's son Connor was diagnosed with Down's syndrome as a baby. You Know My Mum, starring 25-year-old Alex, begins a tour at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre on Friday.