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Georgia Furlan, a 15-year-old Brazilian model with Down's syndrome, is signed to five modeling agencies and has more than 130,000 Instagram followers. She just made her first cover, on an ...

“I’m just so happy everyone looks up to me as a role model.” Other Down Syndrome activists and achievers are sharing their own ways they defy stereotypes, like 17-year-old triathlete Caleb ...

The model and mom of one shares 10-year-old Micah with husband Mike Quinones, and their son is going through a bit of a “regression.” Micah, who has Down syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder ...

This study was approved by the Animal Care Committee at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC). The Ts65Dn colony was derived from three breeding pairs obtained from Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor ...

A century after Down syndrome was first described ... Of the three, the most faithful model of DS is the Ts65Dn mouse, which carries 132 genes that are syntenic with human chromosome 21.

In research published in Science Translational Medicine the team at the Crick and UCL studied human Down syndrome fetal hearts as well as embryonic hearts from a mouse model of Down syndrome.

DENVER– February 6, 2025 – Today, the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL) announced Multiplatinum artist and actor Phillip Phillips and GLOBAL Ambassador and actor Tucker Emry will headline their ...