Brandebura was hired by the University to start in her own lab — the Brandeura lab — and she will be continuing her work to ...

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute have identified a missing molecule, pleiotrophin, as a possible key to repairing faulty ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least in lab-grown human cells. The project, led by Dr. Ryotaro Hashizume of Mie ...

Cutting-edge technology could one day transform treatment for Down syndrome, as researchers have successfully deleted an extra chromosome in lab-grown cells. Down syndrome - which occurs when a person ...

Trisomy is a genetic condition characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome. This means that the affected person has three copies of the 21st chromosome instead of two. The most common forms ...

In a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) at the University of Colorado Anschutz discovered ...

For 10 years, a woman with Down syndrome defied what many scientists believed to be an inevitability. Despite carrying the neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease—amyloid beta plaques and ...

On National Down Syndrome Day, South Africa faced a critical question: will we continue to marginalise those with ...

The Program and Volunteer Manager discusses what she wishes we understood about Down syndrome, the impact of recent federal ...

At the age of 7, Von Der Ahe was enrolled in acting classes to socialize, which sparked his interest in the craft. Eventually ...

The actress shares daughters Pippa, Lucky and Eliza with ex-husband Rob Giles caterina scorsone/Instagram Caterina Scorsone is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day with her family. On Friday, March 21, ...