It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Down syndrome affects around one in 800 new births ... An extra copy of Dyrk1a turned down the activity of genes required for cell division in the developing heart and the function of the ...

In a study that could help scientists better understand and manipulate cell division ... a factor in genetic disorders such as cancer and Down syndrome. In a related study, the researchers ...

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?

The five phases of mitosis and cell division tightly coordinate the movements of hundreds of proteins. How did early biologists unravel this complex dance of chromosomes? The most obvious ...