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 ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — People with Down syndrome face a higher risk of developing leukemia. Now researchers explain why, by identifying specific changes in blood cells of people with Down ...

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?

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 ...

“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 ...