According to the Stanford Children's Hospital, this form of Down syndrome is diagnosed when there's a mixture of two types of cells. Some have the usual 46 chromosomes and some have 47 ...

1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,100 live births worldwide are children born with down syndrome. The United Nations notes that each year, approximately 3,000 to 5,000 children are born with this chromosome ...

Researchers have dosed the first participant in a clinical trial of an investigational medicine designed to lower the amount ...

Mosaic Down Syndrome (1-2% of the instances): Certain cells possess an excess chromosome 21, whereas some possess the normal 46. This type may show less serious symptoms. - Translocation Down ...

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 ...

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 ...

The new UNC Down Syndrome Clinic opening in Chapel Hill this week is expanding care options for North Carolinians. Appointments currently available at the clinic offer lifelong specialty care for ...

The Spring family of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the subject of two documentaries, as six of their 12 children were born with Down syndrome. Leah Spring's fifth child was born with Down syndrome ...