She went into labour two weeks early and gave birth just half an hour after arriving at hospital. 'When the midwife told us Charles had Down's syndrome, I cried and cried, and for 24 hours I just ...

An ambitious new research effort seeks to follow thousands of individuals with Down syndrome from infancy to adulthood in order to learn more about the chromosomal disorder. The project from the ...

HHMI researchers devise prenatal blood test that accurately detects Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects ... to determine whether the fetus' cells contain extra chromosomes ...

Ninety per cent of women whose unborn babies are diagnosed with Down's syndrome choose to have an abortion, which is legal right up until birth. But campaigners say expectant parents are routinely ...

Those with Down syndrome are here to teach. Covers of ‘Jérôme Lejeune: The Saintly Geneticist’ by Ana Braga-Henebry, ‘The ...

Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality that adds an extra chromosome 21 to a baby's normal 46 chromosomes at birth. This extra chromosome causes delays in physical growth, adversely affects ...