Since the 1980s, the average life expectancy of a person with Down’s syndrome has more than doubled, from less than 30 to well into their 60s. Living longer, though, has revealed a tragic twist ...

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 ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.