How do you treat a childhood condition when the patient is no longer a child? For people with Down syndrome, medical advances have brought significant increases in life expectancy. But those advances ...

In the must-see video above, a Texas patient with down syndrome was blown away when two of her favorite Disney princesses came to visit her in hospital last December, thanks to the kindness of an ICU ...

“This is also an important question to answer: why those patients with Down syndrome suffer from severe viral infection.” Down syndrome, also called trisomy 21, is the most common chromosomal disease ...

Robertsonian translocation, for example, is one of many different types of translocation that cytogeneticists have identified in DS patients over the years. In these cases, Down syndrome is caused ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — People with Down syndrome face a higher risk of developing leukemia. Now researchers explain why, by identifying specific changes in blood cells of people with Down ...

Suppressing the activity of DYRK1A by localized delivery of inhibitors to the middle ear cavity in Down syndrome patients should be explored in further studies." More information: Hilda Tateossian ...

Co-founder Gina Marie took over as executive director of Friends of Down Syndrome early this year after creating the ...

A Texas patient with down syndrome was blown away when two of her favourite Disney princesses came to visit her in hospital last December, thanks to the kindness of an ICU nurse. When ICU nurse ...