Sleep apnea, or difficulty breathing at night, is common among children with Down syndrome—affecting up to 80% compared to ...

Access to Down syndrome treatment is uneven across the nation, with a significant number of Americans who have the chromosomal disorder living hours from the nearest specialty clinic, new research ...

Sleep apnea, or difficulty breathing at night, is common among children with Down syndrome-affecting up to 80% compared to ...

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

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. Using a mouse model, Salehi and his colleagues are examining exactly how the brain malfunctions in Down syndrome.

A genetic abnormality in the brain could be integral to Down syndrome, researchers say in a finding that could point to new treatment options for those with the chromosomal disorder. Though it’s long ...

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have made an outstanding discovery that will pave to way to chromosome treatment for Down syndrome. Down syndrome is the most common ...

RG 1662 is the first fruit of a strategy championed by the U.S. sister organization to Hanbury’s, the Marlborough, Mass.-based Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation (DSTRF).

About 400,000 people in the United States have Down syndrome and about 6,000 babies are born in the U.S. each year with the disorder, according to the National Down Syndrome Society.

FILE - Edmilson Lourenco, left, who has Down syndrome, works as a baker's assistant in Sao Paulo, March 19, 2015. A new hormone treatment for Down syndrome patients showed some cognitive ...