Since the 1980s, the average life expectancy of a person with Down’s syndrome has more than doubled ... t been allowed to take part in the clinical trials for Alzheimer’s drugs.

A century after Down syndrome was first described ... Down noticed that the children at the facility displayed a range of symptoms, and he sought to develop a clinically useful classification ...

A genetic screen can potentially diagnose more than 1,200 genetic disorders and chromosomal abnormalities. If you were a medical geneticist, how would you pick the best test for your patient?

Next Steps in Research The promising results from this initial study call for further research and larger clinical trials to fully understand the effects of EVOO on Down syndrome symptoms.