For the past decade, Hilary Gauld has photographed people with Down syndrome, highlighting their stories about navigating love, aging and achieving their goals Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer ...

The Little Sisters, Disciples of the Lamb community in France is thriving, welcoming religious sisters with Down syndrome and ...

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 ...

Mattel said it worked closely with the US National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS ... shaped eyes which can all be characteristics of women who have the genetic condition. The puff-sleeved dress ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a new prenatal blood test that accurately detected Down syndrome and two other serious chromosomal defects in a small study of 18 pregnant ...

A century after Down syndrome was first described, scientists discovered that the root cause of this disorder is a condition called trisomy 21. What strides in research have been made since then?

Prenatal genetic testing enables pregnant women to be apprised of a variety of problems with their unborn babies, including Down syndrome. It is a congenital condition resulting from a chromosomal ...