A man with Down syndrome who died of asphyxia after he was restrained by deputies at a movie theater had anger issues and health problems that made him susceptible to sudden death, according to an ...

The incidence of kidney disease is substantially higher in patients with Down syndrome than in control individuals from the ...

Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that require surgery in the first months of life. For decades, scientists have ...

The activity of Snhg11, a gene found in the 'dark matter' of the genome, is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus, specifically in an area critical for learning and ...

A new study identifies distinct molecular and immune subtypes across individuals with Down syndrome, offering new insights that could lead to personalized medicine approaches for the clinical ...

People with Down syndrome have a message for the world: "Assume that I can." An international awareness campaign, launched ahead of World Down Syndrome Day on Thursday, challenges negative biases that ...

The ad, made for World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, calls on audiences to stop harmful stereotyping Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The ad starts with model and actor Madison Tevlin addressing a bartender. “Hey bartender, you assume that I can’t drink a margarita so you don’t serve me a margarita so I don’t drink a margarita,” she ...

WASHINGTON—Iceland must be pleased that it is close to success in its program of genocide, but before congratulating that nation on its final solution to the Down syndrome problem, perhaps it might ...

Emma McLean is a 6-year-old girl who loves Taylor Swift, reading books, playing the drums and hanging with her little sister. While Emma has Down syndrome — specifically a rare type called Mosaic Down ...

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) reveal that the Snhg11 gene is critical for the function and formation of neurons in the hippocampus. Experiments with mice and human tissues ...