But the woman’s diet and lifestyle have not been linked with Down syndrome so far. In all, a woman that intending to get pregnant should eat well and stay fit as much as possible. So ...

Throughout pregnancy, the fetus's cells are copied with the same set of chromosomes, so all of the growing fetus's cells also have an extra copy of chromosome 21. With mosaic Down syndrome ...

Two teaspoons of blood drawn after the 10th week of pregnancy, known as “noninvasive prenatal testing,” identifies more than 99% of fetuses with Down syndrome. But this test wasn’t available ...

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There are screening tests for Down Syndrome available in the first trimester of pregnancy. These entail a blood test and an ultrasound. Additionally, there are more advanced diagnostic tests ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.