If any one of the more than 30 participants walking in Gigi’s Playhouse’s 7th annual fashion show were nervous as they hit ...

A new research study led by Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, Director of the Neuroimmunology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, shows evidence of dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier and ...

Investigators led by CHLA’s Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, published a new research study that links Down syndrome Regression ...

Just one week ago, 17-year-old Joe Slachciak was diagnosed with leukemia. The Grand Island teen is now using his battle to ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...

Mount St. Mary freshman Jack Robison, is the inspiration of his basketball team. So when the coach put him in for the final seconds of the last game, Jack hit the final three point shot.

Down Syndrome, known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21. It affects facial appearance, ...

Gene editing techniques may eventually allow trisomy to be treated at the cellular level, according to an in vitro proof-of-concept study. Down syndrome is caused by the presence of a third copy ...

Cognitive decline is a too-common feature of old age among those born with Down syndrome. Though the reasons aren't well ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "We're not sure what happened but there was a massive cyberattack to try and bring down the X system with IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area ...

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 ...