Love without Boundaries, an international charity organisation, is supporting three Ghanaian children to undergo hole in heart surgeries at Amrita hospital in Faridabad, India Two of the children have ...

Uric acid is a chemical compound produced when the body breaks down purines, substances found in certain foods and drinks.

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least ...

How does the CRISPR Down Syndrome breakthrough work to remove the extra chromosome 21? We are closer than ever to a world ...

Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles and drastically reduced the ...

A donor heart saved Charlotte Woodward's life 13 years ago. Now Woodward, 35, is fighting for others with Down syndrome or other disabilities to have the same chance. Research has shown that people ...

In Down syndrome, patients have an extra copy of chromosome 21, which changes how their body and brain develops, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Individuals with Down syndrome are at increased risk of heart disease, researchers said this week. The developmental disability is caused when a person is born with an extra chromosome, and can ...

They are also at increased risk for congenital heart disease, thyroid abnormalities, hearing impairment, and visual impairment. They also carry a higher risk of leukemia, Alzheimer's disease, and ...

People with Down syndrome are denied organ transplants. Charlotte Woodward received one and she wants others to have the same options as her.

Jake Burger's first reaction to finding out his baby girl would be born with Down syndrome: "OK, and?" The baby, Penelope, had open heart surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center last month ...