The study shows that people with Down syndrome and heart defects have a much better survival rate, although the mortality rate for this group remains increased. Children born before 1990 with Down ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - About 40,000 babies born in the U.S. each year have a heart defect according to the CDC. It can be challenging, not only for the baby, but also for the families ...

Evelyn Hamm was born with a hole in the middle of her heart. But her parents and her doctors expected it. During her 20-week anatomy scan, doctors detected the congenital heart condition, an ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have identified a gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome, a condition that results from an additional copy of chromosome 21.

Researchers have identified a gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome, a condition that results from an additional copy of chromosome 21. Reducing the overactivity of this gene partially ...

First-ever mini-Heart models will be created from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) patient stem cells, enabling ...

By looking at heart data from embryonic mouse models, the researchers found that Dyrk1a caused heart defects when present in three copies in mice. Dyrk1a codes for an enzyme called DYRK1A.

The impact of cardiac problem is very important in children with DiGeorge/velocardiofacial syndrome (DG/VCFS) and deletion 22q11, since symptomatic cardiovascular malformations (CVMs) affect the ...