Lose, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Genetics. Lose is leading UAB’s response to that challenge, as director of the innovative UAB Adult Down Syndrome Clinic, one of the few ...

“The country’s health care system is not well developed to meet the needs of people with Down syndrome after they become adults,” said Chisen Takeuchi, a specialist of clinical genetics who ...

Thirty-five-year-old Ingrid Kidd was delighted to find that she was the 100th patient to be enrolled at the Adult Down Syndrome Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). BIRMINGHAM, Ala ...

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?

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 ...